Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Banks at the Garden
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![Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Banks at the Garden](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_1cada9f005354fbaa3628fa385a94560~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_1cada9f005354fbaa3628fa385a94560~mv2.webp)
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![Archie Moore Stripped of Light-Heavyweight Title](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_7983607a0cd6489c8710f40bf16cdad6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_7983607a0cd6489c8710f40bf16cdad6~mv2.webp)
- Feb 9, 2022
Archie Moore Stripped of Light-Heavyweight Title
![Charges Against Former Welterweight Champ Saxton Dismissed, Deemed "Legally Insane"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_73a0db8597f04c0ba7c10f8f979707f7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_73a0db8597f04c0ba7c10f8f979707f7~mv2.webp)
- Feb 7, 2022
Charges Against Former Welterweight Champ Saxton Dismissed, Deemed "Legally Insane"
![Cassius Clay's Goals: Win Heavyweight Title and "Liven Up" Boxing](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ddb7445c8d994b1aba1edc9df06738e7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_ddb7445c8d994b1aba1edc9df06738e7~mv2.webp)
- Feb 6, 2022
Cassius Clay's Goals: Win Heavyweight Title and "Liven Up" Boxing
![Cassius Clay to Fight Sonny Banks for Garden Debut](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_9b62147e86124b46b90d1158a30846a7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_9b62147e86124b46b90d1158a30846a7~mv2.webp)
- Feb 5, 2022
Cassius Clay to Fight Sonny Banks for Garden Debut
![Champion Floyd Patterson Says Liston Deserves and Will Get Shot at Heavyweight Title](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_8e4119295c9344df9446244abd723ed4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_8e4119295c9344df9446244abd723ed4~mv2.webp)
- Jan 22, 2022
Champion Floyd Patterson Says Liston Deserves and Will Get Shot at Heavyweight Title
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![Patterson Knocks Out McNeeley, Retains Heavyweight Crown](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_40b902807dca4611aba86cbc1abf646e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_40b902807dca4611aba86cbc1abf646e~mv2.webp)
- Dec 5, 2021
Patterson Knocks Out McNeeley, Retains Heavyweight Crown
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![Boxing: Sonny Liston Destroys Albert Westphal, First-Round KO](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_a334b1a3eed54fea962fc2e25be4059a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_a334b1a3eed54fea962fc2e25be4059a~mv2.webp)
- Dec 5, 2021
Boxing: Sonny Liston Destroys Albert Westphal, First-Round KO
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![Benefit for Boxer Floyd Patterson's Old School](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_a9a270a6603a42b5addda92572064d68~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_a9a270a6603a42b5addda92572064d68~mv2.webp)
- Nov 30, 2021
Benefit for Boxer Floyd Patterson's Old School
![Cassius Clay Stops Besmanoff in the Seventh, Remains Undefeated](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_f5b4a65c9cf44c13b23d6dae58fa5b73~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_f5b4a65c9cf44c13b23d6dae58fa5b73~mv2.webp)
- Nov 29, 2021
Cassius Clay Stops Besmanoff in the Seventh, Remains Undefeated
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![Patterson and Liston May Fight Next Year](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_20aa8bd266b24ba6a6c8de1acfbde87b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_317,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_20aa8bd266b24ba6a6c8de1acfbde87b~mv2.webp)
- Nov 21, 2021
Patterson and Liston May Fight Next Year
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![Archie Moore Scores TKO Win over Rademacher in Baltimore](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_f52e8bb11ff54e138dd6969a8c5c7484~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_f52e8bb11ff54e138dd6969a8c5c7484~mv2.webp)
- Oct 23, 2021
Archie Moore Scores TKO Win over Rademacher in Baltimore
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![Eddie Machen Finishes Brian London in Five in Heavyweight Clash](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e93bea5b662a458cb9d8bc77a6da702e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_e93bea5b662a458cb9d8bc77a6da702e~mv2.webp)
- Oct 17, 2021
Eddie Machen Finishes Brian London in Five in Heavyweight Clash
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![Heavyweights Patterson and McNeely to Fight in Toronto](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_6bff5bd9d50646e8b01c48d17141fc32~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_6bff5bd9d50646e8b01c48d17141fc32~mv2.webp)
- Oct 16, 2021
Heavyweights Patterson and McNeely to Fight in Toronto
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![Undefeated Heavyweight Cassius Clay Stops Miteff in Sixth](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_7c1f428e69d94dbd82ec243736aeffec~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_7c1f428e69d94dbd82ec243736aeffec~mv2.webp)
- Oct 8, 2021
Undefeated Heavyweight Cassius Clay Stops Miteff in Sixth
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- Oct 1, 2021
Paret Regains Welterweight Title in Rematch with Griffith