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Replay: 35 Years Ago in Sports Illustrated
Edited by Richard Demak
June 03, 1991
Floyd Patterson was training for his heavyweight fight against Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson when he appeared on our June 4, 1956, cover. Jackson's manager, Lippy Breidbart, called his fighter The Animal, and said, "You take any man against an animal. I'll bet on the animal." He should have taken the man.
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June 03, 1991

Replay: 35 Years Ago In Sports Illustrated

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Floyd Patterson was training for his heavyweight fight against Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson when he appeared on our June 4, 1956, cover. Jackson's manager, Lippy Breidbart, called his fighter The Animal, and said, "You take any man against an animal. I'll bet on the animal." He should have taken the man.

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