By Gregory Crofton In the days of Charles “Sonny” Liston, who won the heavyweight championship in 1962, fights were regularly fixed. The mafia in the United States was powerful then, and Mr. Liston was known to be “mobbed up.” But…
Floyd Patterson on His Boxing Career
“Anytime you love something as much as I do … you will take it above and beyond what it really is, you see. Money was important. I am very happy there was money in boxing but I would have boxed…