"Protected"

If you think that avoiding Eddie Machen or Zora Folley and fighting
Pete Rademacher as a challenger instead is 'normal'.

You want to buy a bridge ?

And nobody regarded Roy 'Cut-n-Shoot' Harris as any good, except
Floyd's manager Cus D'Amato.

Cus D'Amato >
"Roy Harris is the 2nd Best Heavyweight in the World."