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Nov 12, 2022

Cassius Clay to Fight Archie Moore Thursday

Nov. 12, 1962 - Twenty-year-old heavyweight Cassius Clay will face Archie Moore— who is anywhere from 42 to 50 depending on who you ask —...

Nov 5, 2022

Patterson Wants Liston Rematch in New York

Nov. 5, 1962 - The former world heavyweight champion, Floyd Patterson, broke six weeks of silence today and said he wanted his rematch...

Oct 27, 2022

Middleweight Rubin (Hurricane) Carter Flattens Fernandez at the Garden

Oct. 27, 1962 - Rubin (Hurricane) Carter (right), a middleweight from Paterson N.J., needed only 69 seconds to knock Florentino Fernandez...

Oct 23, 2022

Tiger Tops Fullmer at Candlestick, Wins WBA Middleweight Crown

Oct. 23, 1962 - Dick Tiger (left) of Nigeria cut both of Gene Fullmer’s eyes tonight in pounding out a unanimous 15-round decision in San...

Oct 6, 2022

Liston Charges Police Harassment in Philadelphia

Oct. 6, 1962 - Sonny Liston (pictured left with his wife Geraldine) was picked up by police in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park last night...

Sep 28, 2022

Patterson Dressed as Bearded Beatnik after Losing Title

Sept. 28, 1962 - Floyd Patterson was so humiliated after the first-round knockout by Sonny Liston Tuesday night in Chicago that he drove...

Sep 26, 2022

Tunney Calls Liston-Patterson Fight “Terrible Hoax”

Sept. 26, 1962 - Former world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney (pictured left fighting Jack Dempsey in 1927) today called the Sonny...

Sep 26, 2022

Clay on Liston: “I’ll Knock Him out in Eight”

Sept. 26, 1962 - There were reports last night that Cassius Clay had said he could knock out Sonny Liston, the new heavyweight champion,...

Sep 26, 2022

🚨Liston KO’s Patterson in First Round of Heavyweight Championship Fight

Sept. 26, 1962 - Nobody got his money’s worth at Comiskey Park last night except Sonny Liston, the new heavyweight champion. He knocked...

Sep 26, 2022

Sept. 25, 1962 | Liston Patterson I -- Heavyweight Championship Fight

Sept. 26, 1962 - Here is a color film of Sonny Liston's first-round knockout of Floyd Patterson in last night's heavyweight championship...

Sep 24, 2022

Buckley Debates Mailer in Chicago

Sept. 24, 1962 - In what was billed as a political debate between a conservative and a “hipster,” William F. Buckley Jr. (pictured) and...

Sep 21, 2022

Louis Looks at Liston and Likes What He Sees

Sept. 21, 1962 - Joe Louis (right), Sonny Liston’s idol, visited the challenger’s training camp in Aurora Downs, Illinois, today in the...

Sep 18, 2022

The Two Sonny Listons

Sept. 18, 1962 - There are two Sonny Listons, it seems. Both are larger than life. Both showed up in the heavyweight challenger’s...

Sep 16, 2022

Patterson Praises Liston’s Character

Sept. 16, 1962 - Floyd Patterson, the world heavyweight champion, ended his public workouts today in Elgin, Illinois, by praising the...

Sep 5, 2022

Jack Dempsey Undergoes Back Surgery

Sept. 5, 1962 - Jack Dempsey was resting comfortably today at Chicago’s Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital after surgery for an old back...

Aug 28, 2022

Liston Trains in Aurora, Illinois

Aug. 28, 1962 - Sonny Liston, the heavyweight challenger for Floyd Patterson’s crown, went through a long workout today in Aurora, Ill.,...

Aug 9, 2022

Cassius Clay to Fight Archie Moore in Los Angeles Oct. 23

Aug. 9, 1962 - Archie Moore and undefeated Cassius Clay signed today to meet in Los Angeles in a 12-round heavyweight fight on Oct. 23....

Aug 8, 2022

Patterson Prepares for Liston

Aug. 8, 1962 - Floyd Patterson (pictured) disclosed today he was strengthening his jaw in preparation for his heavyweight title defense...

Jul 30, 2022

Floyd Patterson Negotiates Racial Difficulties in Yonkers, N.Y.

July 30, 1962 - Mrs. Arthur Walker, wife of a New York real estate broker, said today that Mrs. Floyd Patterson, wife of the heavyweight...

Jul 24, 2022

Former Heavyweight Champion Jess Willard Sues over Fight Film

July 24, 1962 - Jess Willard, world heavyweight boxing champion from 1915 to 1919, sought more than $1 million in damages today on the...