Rocky Marciano ~ 'A Fight Between Cassius Clay and Me Would Have Been Horrible'

[Bill Paxtom]

Rocky Marciano

"I've had Fight Promoters throwing money at me since I announced my retirement."

"They wanted me to fight Archie Moore again, then Nino Valdes, then Floyd Patterson,
and I said NO."

"Then it was that big Swede - 'Ingo'. Oh Geez, they even offered me half of Sweden, and I
still said NO."

"Then they said I was the only one who could beat Sonny Liston. He is a big man, but
I wasn't interested. I had lost interest, and there was no amount of money to bring me back."

"Now, it's Clay, Clay, Clay. That's all I hear. I'm an old guy with a bad back. They must be crazy
to throw all that money at me."

"What kind of 'moron' would get back into the Ring to get his brains 'scrambled' for the sake
of a lousy Million Dollars."

......... So True Rocky, So True.