BOOK SIGNING
WHO: Paul Gallender, author
WHAT: Official book signing on the 50th anniversary of the first Liston-Patterson fight.
WHEN: Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, 5-8 pm
WHERE: African American Museum of Philadelphia
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA
Paul Gallender will be sign copies of his new book, SONNY LISTON: The Real Story Behind the Ali-Liston Fights, as well as answer questions about the life of this incredibly talented athlete and former Philadelphia resident. Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of Liston winning the heavyweight championship of the world when he knocked out Floyd Patterson on Sept. 25, 1962, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. IL.
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
