]
prefight insults from Moore, [>]–[>]
and suspect financial arrangements by IBC, [>]
Jackson fight (second), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Rademacher fight, [>], [>], [>]
and FP as easy knockdown, [>], [>]
Harris fight, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
social conflict symbolized in, [>]–[>]
London fight, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Clay watches, [>]
and D’Amato, [>]–[>], [>]
Johansson fight (first), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
FP’s training for, [>]
Louis’s analysis of, [>]
Johansson fight (second), [>]–[>], [>]
and Rosensohn, [>]
training for, [>]–[>]
Johansson fight (third), [>]–[>], [>]
training camp for, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
writers’ criticisms of, [>]–[>]
McNeeley fight, [>]–[>], [>]
Liston fight (first), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
FP’s escape after, [>]–[>]
and FP’s integrity (Kane), [>]
JFK’s concern over, [>]
journalists’ coverage of, [>]–[>]
postfight press conference for, [>]
predictions of FP win, [>]–[>]
Liston fight (second), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
FP’s defeatist attitude in, [>]
and FP downslide, [>]–[>]
FP’s feelings in aftermath of, [>]–[>]
FP’s public pronouncements on, [>], [>]
FP’s training, [>]–[>]
in Las Vegas, [>]–[>]
Machen fight, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Chuvalo fight, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Ali as TV commentator for, [>]–[>]
Ali’s antics to promote, [>]–[>]
Ali fight (first), [>]–[>], [>] n.47, [>], [>]
and FP’s slipped disc, [>], [>]
Las Vegas as site of, [>]
Malcolm X’s view on, [>]–[>]
religious/social disputes excite interest in, [>]–[>]
Cooper fight, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Quarry fight (first), [>], [>], [>] n.14, [>]
Quarry fight (second), [>], [>], [>]
Ellis fight, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Daniels fight, [>], [>]
Bonavena fight, [>], [>], [>]
Ali fight (second), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Cosell’s condemnation of, [>]
and FP’s need for money, [>]–[>]
prefight rituals, [>]–[>]
White House break in training for, [>]
overall record with data, [>]–[>]
Patterson, Frank (brother of FP), [>], [>]
and boxing, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>] n.2 (ch.2)
Patterson, Janene (daughter), [>]
Patterson, Janet Seaquist (wife of FP), [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Patterson, Jeannie (daughter), [>]
Patterson, Jennifer (daughter), [>]
Patterson, Raymond (brother of FP), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Patterson, Sandra Hicks (wife of FP), [>], [>], [>] n.3
divorces FP, [>]
with FP in intervention against bullying of daughter, [>]
and FP’s depression after Johansson fight, [>], [>], [>]
and FP’s escape from first Liston fight, [>], [>]
racial discrimination against, [>]–[>]
and Victory over Myself, [>]
on visit to Hurricane Jackson, [>]
See also Hicks, Sandra Elizabeth
Patterson, Seneca (daughter of FP), [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Patterson, Sherman (brother of FP), [>]
Patterson, Thomas (father of FP), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Patterson, Tracy Harris, [>]–[>]
Peek-a-boo boxing stance, [>]
in Cooper fight, [>]
Archie Moore’s refinement of, [>]
Piano Man Jones, [>]
Plimpton, George, [>]
Poitier, Sidney, [>]
Polier, Justine Wise, [>], [>]
Polite, Charley, [>]
Polo Grounds
FP fights Jackson in title defense at, [>]–[>], [>]
second Patterson-Johansson fight at, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Powell, Charlie, [>]
Presidential Papers, The (Mailer), [>]
Presley, Elvis, [>], [>]
Press. See Media
Prevatte, Ernie, [>]
Professional, The (Heinz), [>]
PS 614
FP attends, [>], [>], [>], [>]
and FP championship, [>]
FP revisits, [>]
and Schwefel, [>]
Quarry, Jerry, [>]
Ali wins over, [>]
death of, [>]
Ellis wins over, [>]
FP fights (first), [>], [>], [>] n.14, [>]
FP fights (second), [>], [>], [>]
Race elations and racism
Birmingham church bombings, [>]
and black boxer as heavyweight champion, [>]
in Brooklyn vs. Wiltwyck, [>]
and Eckstine as role model, [>]
FP on, [>], [>]
vs. Ali, [>]
military seen as commendable, [>]–[>]
on racial pride, [>]
and Patterson-Liston fight, [>]
and FP’s demand for desegregated audience at Johansson fight, [>], [>], [>]
FP’s experiences of on tour, [>]–[>]
and FP’s home in Yonkers, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
discrimination against wife, [>]–[>]
harassment of children, [>]
and FP’s treatment in South, [>]–[>]
and Kennedy’s election, [>]
Nation of Islam on, [>]–[>]
and Patterson-Harris matchup, [>]–[>]
and public gloating over Johansson’s victory, [>]–[>]
school segregation, [>]
and Watts riots, [>]–[>]
and white vs. black opponents, [>]
See also Civil rights
Rademacher, Pete, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
fights FP, [>], [>], [>]
and FP as easy knockdown, [>]
Remnick, David, [>]
Rickey, Branch, [>], [>]
Ring, The (magazine)
names Patterson-Chuvalo as fight of year, [>]
names FP fighter of year, [>]
ranks Cooper as contender, [>]
Roaring Brook, NY, training camp, [>]
Roberson, Mable, [>]
Robertson, Oscar, [>]–[>]
Robinson, Jackie
as African-American hero, [>]
and Birmingham demonstrations, [>]
civil rights meeting called by, [>]
on civil rights trip to Mississippi, [>]
and Mailer on FP, [>]
as NAACP fundraising cochair, [>]
visits to help with FP’s depression, [>]–[>]
Robinson, Sugar Ray, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
vs. white challengers, [>]–[>]
Rockville Centre
FP’s house in, [>]
racial discrimination against Sandra Patterson in, [>]–[>]
Rodak, Leo, [>]
Rogin, Gil, [>]
Roosevelt, Eleanor, [>]–[>], [>]
Roosevelt, Franklin, [>]
Roosevelt Raceway as reported fight venue, [>]
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, and Cohn, [>]
Rosensohn, Bill, [>], [>], [>], [>]
and organized crime, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Ross, Barney, [>], [>]
Ruby, Earl, [>]
Runyon, Damon, [>]
Russell, Roger, [>]
Sabedong, Duke, [>]
Sabotin, Lalu, [>]–[>], [>]
Saddler, Sandy, [>]
Safwat, Mahmoud, [>]
Sahl, Mort, [>]
St. Nicholas Arena, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Salerno, Anthony “Fat Tony,�
� [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Sanders, Ed, [>], [>] n.5
Scalzo, Petey, [>]
Scarsdale, and FP’s residence, [>], [>], [>] n.5
Schaap, Dick, [>]–[>]
Schenkel, Chris, [>]
Schmeling, Max, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Schulberg, Budd, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Schwefel, Charles, [>], [>]
Seaquist, Janet (later Mrs. Floyd Patterson), [>], [>]–[>]
Shabazz, Betty, [>]
Sharkey, Jack, [>], [>]
Sherman Antitrust Act, and IBC, [>]
Shore, Dinah, [>]–[>], [>]
Shrake, Edwin “Bud,” [>], [>]
Silvani, Al, [>]–[>], [>]
Sinatra, Frank
and FP, [>], [>], [>]
and FP’s Miami training site, [>]
and proposed Patterson-Marciano fight, [>]–[>]
and Silvani, [>]
Slade, Jimmy, [>], [>]
Smith, Red, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Smith, Wallace “Bud,” [>]
Somebody Up There Likes Me (film), [>]
Soviet Union
Rademacher’s victory over fighter from, [>]–[>]
regimented training for boxers of, [>]–[>]
Spinks, Leon, [>]
Sports Illustrated
article on FP training camp in, [>]–[>]
and Clay-Ali name change, [>] n.40
FP autobiography serialized in, [>]
FP essay in, [>]–[>]
Sportsman’s Park, FP trains at, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Stevenson, Adlai, [>]
Stillman’s Gym, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Strode, Woody, [>]
Sullivan, Ed, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Summerlin, Johnny, [>]
Summit, NJ, training facility, [>]
Sweden
FP’s affection for, [>]
as venue for post-Liston fights, [>], [>]
Paterson-Ellis fight, [>], [>]
Talese, Gay, [>]–[>]
and Baldwin’s entrée, [>]
on D’Amato-FP relationship, [>]–[>]
at FP press conference, [>]
FP profiles by (Esquire), [>], [>], [>]
with FP protecting daughter from racial bullying, [>]
on FP’s career, [>]–[>]
and FP’s marriage, [>]–[>]
and Sinatra, [>]
on Victory over Myself, [>]
Taylor, Elizabeth, [>]
Texas Western, all-black basketball champions from, [>]
Thomas, Ike, [>]
Till, Emmett, [>], [>]
Tita, Vasile, [>]
Tocco, Johnny, [>]
Tonight Show, The, Patterson interviewed on, [>]
Toronto, as planned venue for McNeeley fight, [>]
Torres, José, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>] n.9
Triner, Joseph, [>]
Troy, Willie, [>]
Tunney, Gene, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Turner, Jesse, [>]
Tuxedo Junction (Early), [>]
TV
closed-circuit, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Ali as commentator for, [>]–[>]
in White House, [>]
and Eastern Parkway Arena fights, [>]
FP in Wild, Wild West series, [>]
Unitas, Johnny, [>]
United Artists, Patterson-Johansson broadcast sponsored by, [>]
United Kingdom
fight offer from, [>]
Patterson-Cooper fight in London, [>]
United States
political atmosphere of (1952), [>]–[>]
political changes in (1960s), [>]
social turmoil in (1963), [>]
Vietnam War turmoil in, [>]–[>]
See also Civil rights; Race relations and racism
Valan, Charles, [>]
Valan, Harold, [>], [>]–[>], [>] n.26
Valdes, Nino, [>]
Val-Kill (Roosevelt home), [>]–[>]
Vanderbilt, Amy, and Ali’s demeanor (Chass), [>]
Victory over Myself (FP autobiography), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>] n.16
Vietnam War
and Ali’s draft refusal, [>]
FP’s support of, [>], [>], [>]
visits troops on USO tour, [>]
Viscusi, Lou, [>]
Vitale, John J., [>]
Wagner, Dick, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Wagner, Robert F., [>]
Walcott, Jersey Joe, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Walker, Sammy, [>]
Walker, Wyatt Tee, [>]
Wallace, George, [>]
Wallace, Gordon, [>]
Walls, Jimmy, [>]
Washington, Kenny, [>]
Watson, Buster, [>]
FP assumes name of in Madrid, [>]
in FP’s entourage, [>], [>], [>], [>]
in corner for first Ali fight, [>]–[>]
intercedes to prevent postfight brawl, [>]
on tour in Egypt, [>]
and racial discrimination in Kansas City, [>]
Watts riots, [>]–[>]
Wayne, John, and FP, [>], [>], [>]
Weill, Al, [>]–[>]
Weinberg, Joel, [>]
Wembley Stadium, London, Patterson-Cooper fight in, [>]
Westphal, Albert, [>]
Westport, CT, FP training at, [>]
What’s My Line? (TV show), Johansson as guest on, [>]–[>]
Whitlock, Dave, [>]
Wild, Wild West, The (TV series), Patterson in, [>]
Wilkins, Roy, [>]
Williams, Alvin, [>], [>]
Williams, Cleveland “Big Cat,” [>], [>], [>]
Williams, Edward Bennett, [>]
Williams, Ike, [>]
Williams, Tennessee, and Gross on FP’s life, [>]
Wiltwyck School for Boys, [>]
FP attends, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
FP’s home near, [>]
FP sponsors halfway house for, [>], [>]
FP testimonial proceeds to, [>]
FP trains at, [>]
as publication party beneficiary, [>]
Winters, Shelley, [>]
World Boxing Association (WBA)
Ali title stripped by, [>] n.11
FP ranked by, [>]
World Boxing Council (WBC), Ali title stripped by, [>] n.11
Yankee Stadium, Patterson-Johansson fight at, [>], [>]
Yeats, William Butler (quoted), [>]
Yonkers, FP home in, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>] n.5
Ziegel, Vic, [>]
About the Author
W.K. (KIP) STRATTON is the author of four books, including Backyard Brawl, Chasing the Rodeo, and Boxing Shadows. He has written for GQ, Sports Illustrated, Outside, Texas Observer, the Dallas Morning News, and others. He lives near Austin, Texas.
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