I think he dived cause he didn’t want to be in there personally. Clay had broken him but he had to take the rematch cause he needed the money. It was a quit rather than a fix IMO.
Don't forget ...he had to go in there because the Mob wanted him to. You don't know about those Senate hearings, mainly all about the Mob controlling boxing-which it did then, but it was because of Mobbed up Liston winning the title.
Don't forget ...he had to go in there because the Mob wanted him to. You don't know about those Senate hearings, mainly all about the Mob controlling boxing-which it did then, but it was because of Mobbed up Liston winning the title.
Mob control had weakened by mid 60’s, they were still involved in the sport but it wasn’t like the 20’s were guys like Rothstein were fixing the World Series.
Patterson was a built up middleweight, and because of his speed and the fastest puncher of his time, had great success. But eventually he took a lot of punishment and slowed down. By the time he fought Liston he was done-mentally and physically.
It doesn't matter if floyd wasnt out of shape he never would beat son cause he was a real hw mike was always a real hw and would destroy son way to fast and great at defense and son never would land enough its obvious he would lose
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