It actually used to be common practice for the Olympic Gold medal winner to get a shot at the title quickly. IN fact Floyd Patterson gave Pete Rademacher, the 1956 gold medalist a shot at the World title on his very first fight.
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Re: Ali v Spinks - how did he get a title shot so soon ?!!?
It actually used to be common practice for the Olympic Gold medal winner to get a shot at the title quickly. IN fact Floyd Patterson gave Pete Rademacher, the 1956 gold medalist a shot at the World title on his very first fight.
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