Originally posted by 4Corners
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I'm not making any point about Marciano's precipitous retirement, just that Patterson was actually ready to fight him then. Patterson had had 10 fights the previous year winning all by KO, and 2 already in 1956 winning both by KO. He was like a blazing comet. There hadn't been as fast a heavyweight probably since Jack Johnson. Which was understandable as he was only a muscled up middleweight, with very reflexive twitchy muscles.
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