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...some ways, the prefight pattern was familiar. As he had twice before, U.S. Heavyweight Floyd Patterson stuck grimly to his job of clouting sparring partners in preparation for a championship bout with Sweden's Ingemar Johansson. And although Ingo was working harder than ever before in the training ring, he was still surrounded with all the lush appurtenances of life, including perennial fiancee Birgit Lundgren...
...vacation spot," he said. "But I'm not here for fun." Sixty-five miles northward, at Palm Beach's Sea Breeze motel, Challenger Johansson took his turn in an open-air, rooftop training ring, and dunked himself in a nearby, palm-girdled swimming pool. "Ah," said Ingo, "this is the perfect place...
Study in Contrasts. Next week at Miami Beach, Patterson and Johansson will meet in their third fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. In the first bout. Challenger Johansson knocked out Champion Patterson with a bombardment of right hands. In the second, Patterson knocked out Ingo with a left hook, became the first deposed heavyweight champion to regain the title. The fights proved that both Patterson and Johansson can hit-and be hit. And making matters even more interesting is the fact that the two are a study in contrasting styles and personalities...
Sweden's Johansson is breezy and confident. Despite his drubbing in the second fight-he was still groggy an hour after the finish-Ingo still talks at times as if Patterson were just a preliminary boy. "I have no more respect for him as a boxer than I had in the first fight," he says. Ingo even stayed unruffled last week when the U.S. Internal Revenue Service socked him with a suit for $598,000 in back taxes. He would, he said, willingly fight even if his third-fight purse were tied up. "If I didn't fight...
...Dinah Shore Show (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). On film, Heavyweight Ingemar Johansson shows Dinah around Copenhagen, which should be an interesting tour, since Ingo is Swedish. Color...