The Muhammad Ali Appreciation Thread 2

[Bill Paxtom]

Cassius Clay 'Title Fights'

* Sonny Liston I .......... "Controversy Galore" ~ "Follow the Money"

* Sonny Liston II ......... "Sonny dives into the Atlantic Ocean" ~ "Follow the Money"

* Floyd Patterson ......... "Floyd enters the Ring with a bad back, and having been floored numerous times by his sparring partners leading up to the fight"

* George Chuvalo ........ "A fill-in for Ernie Terrell when that promotion fell through. George had lost his previous bout to Eduardo Corletti"

* Henry Cooper ............ 'Henry gets the rematch, only because he floored Cassius 3-Years earlier"

* Brian London ............ "Cassius scrapes the bottom of the Garbage Heap for an 'undeserving' Challenger"

* Karl Mildenberger ...... 'Karl brings in a questionable #1 WBA Rating, to go along with an even more querstionable chin" ~ "German Strudel"

* Cleveland Williams .... "A mercy fight for Cleveland in Houston. The man was 'literally shot', had weakened legs and a damaged abdominal area."

* Ernie Terrell ............. "A gangling Octopus, who clutched more than he punched"

* Zora Folley ............... "A 36-year-old cement-shoed boxer, who was 7-Years past his prime"