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Mar 25, 2022

Referee in Paret-Griffith Bout Responds to Criticism

Mar. 25, 1962 - Ruby Goldstein, the referee during Emile Griffith’s brutal championship victory over Benny Paret Saturday night,...

Mar 25, 2022

Referee in Paret-Griffith Fight Faces Criticism

Mar. 25, 1962 - Benny (Kid) Paret remains unconscious and in critical condition at Roosevelt Hospital this evening with brain injuries...

Mar 25, 2022

Boxer Benny Paret Undergoes Brain Surgery, Chances of Recovery "Poor"

Mar. 25, 1962 - Benny (Kid) Paret (pictured today in a coma), who lost his world welterweight boxing title to Emile Griffith last night,...

Mar 24, 2022

🚨Paret Loses Welterweight Championship, Rushed to Hospital; Chances of Survival "Poor"

Mar. 24, 1962 - Welterweight boxer Benny (Kid) Paret was taken by ambulance to Roosevelt Hospital after losing the championship to Emile...

Mar 23, 2022

Griffith and Paret Fight Tomorrow Night at the Garden

Mar. 23, 1962 - Emile Griffith of New York will try to wrest the welterweight boxing title from Benny (Kid) Paret of Cuba tomorrow night...

Mar 16, 2022

Patterson to Defend Heavyweight Crown Against Liston this Summer

Mar. 16, 1962 - Floyd Patterson will defend the heavyweight boxing title against Sonny Liston next summer. The two fighters signed a...

Mar 1, 2022

Film of Boxing Legends to Be Shown on CBS-TV

Mar. 1, 1962 - “Turn of the Century Fights,” a group of film clips featuring boxing bouts of the late 1890s and early 1900s, will be...

Feb 28, 2022

Cassius Clay Knocks Out Don Warner in Fourth Round, Now 12-0

Feb. 28, 1962 - Cassius Clay of Louisville scored a technical knockout over Don Warner of Philadelphia in the fourth round of a scheduled...

Feb 27, 2022

Paret and Griffith to Fight for Third Time on March 24

Feb. 27, 1962 - Benny (Kid) Paret (left), the world welterweight champion, and Emile Griffith (right) of New York, former champion, today...

Feb 18, 2022

Sugar Ray Robinson Loses Unanimous Decision to Denny Moyer at the Garden

Feb. 18, 1962 - Ten rounds is a long way for a 41-year-old boxer to go against a target that fights back relentlessly. This was painfully...

Feb 11, 2022

Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Banks at the Garden

Feb. 11, 1962 - Cassius Marcellus Clay punched with crisp efficiency last night and dispatched Sonny Banks of Detroit in a nationally...

Feb 9, 2022

Archie Moore Stripped of Light-Heavyweight Title

Feb. 9, 1962 - The New York State Athletic Commission stripped Archie Moore of his world light-heavyweight title today for failing to...

Feb 7, 2022

Charges Against Former Welterweight Champ Saxton Dismissed, Deemed "Legally Insane"

Feb. 7, 1962 - Burglary charges against Johnny Saxton (pictured in 1955 between Tony DeMarco and Carmen Basilio), twice welterweight...

Feb 6, 2022

Cassius Clay's Goals: Win Heavyweight Title and "Liven Up" Boxing

Feb. 6, 1962 - Cassius Clay (pictured with trainer Angelo Dundee), a 20-year-old heavyweight from Louisville, told a gathering of New...

Feb 5, 2022

Cassius Clay to Fight Sonny Banks for Garden Debut

Feb. 5, 1962 - Cassius Clay (right), an undefeated heavyweight from Louisville, has been chosen to fight Sonny Banks (left) of Detroit in...

Jan 22, 2022

Champion Floyd Patterson Says Liston Deserves and Will Get Shot at Heavyweight Title

Jan. 22, 1962 - Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson (right) stated today that he would meet Sonny Liston (left) in defense of his...

Dec 5, 2021

Patterson Knocks Out McNeeley, Retains Heavyweight Crown

Dec. 5, 1961 - In a savage brawl that produced nine knockdowns, Floyd Patterson retained his world heavyweight championship by knocking...

Dec 5, 2021

Boxing: Sonny Liston Destroys Albert Westphal, First-Round KO

Dec. 5, 1961 - In Philadelphia last night, heavyweight Sonny Liston knocked out Albert Westphal in the first round. A right-handed blow...

Nov 30, 2021

Benefit for Boxer Floyd Patterson's Old School

Nov. 30, 1961 - Dinner and a showing of the closed-circuit telecast of the Floyd Patterson-Tom McNeeley fight in Toronto and the Sonny...

Nov 29, 2021

Cassius Clay Stops Besmanoff in the Seventh, Remains Undefeated

Nov. 29, 1961 - Cassius Clay stopped Willi Besmanoff in the seventh round tonight for his 10th consecutive victory since turning...