1962 ~ Cassius Clay goes from #10 Ranking to #2 ~ "What the F***"

[Bill Paxtom]

Cassius Clay vs. George Logan

After Bout Review >

Cassius looked good against his toughest opponent yet. He was just 'too fast' and 'too sharp' for the Boise Brawler - George Logan.

Cassius stated that he was ready for Champion - Floyd Patterson. But that was just 'foolish bravado'.

George Logan complained that he was intentionally 'thumbed in the left-eye' during in-fighting late in Round 2.

George Logan >
"That prick 'thumbed' me in my left-eye in Round 2. I was getting to him, and when I got inside and in close, he jammed his
right-hand into my left-eye and thumbed me."

"My eye was really bothering me at the end of the Round, and I told my Manager {Al Berro} that it hurt real bad."

Al Berro {Manager} >
"George came back to the corner at the end of Round 2 complaining about getting thumbed in the left-eye. I told George
to go back out there in Round 3, and punch that 'dirty prick' in the nuts. I told him to get inside, and drive a right uppercut
into Clay's nuts and to split his balls in half."

"But George didn't want to do it, because he didn't want to win by playing dirty. After he got a bad gash under the right-eye,
I had to throw in the towel. His vision was blurred, and he couldn't see."

"There will be another day to fight Clay. We'll take a few months off, and ask for a return match."

George Logan did not fight again for 10-Months, and returned on February 20, 1963