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Bill?
The bout was a 'choreographed fraud'.

Pre-Fight Backroom Discussions

1 > Sonny needed Money
2 > Sonny had his Boxing License yanked from 47 of the 50 States.
3 > The European Boxing Union had banned Sonny in September 1963.
4 > Sonny's handlers {The Nilon Group} wanted out.
5 > Sonny decided to 'play ball'.