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Originally Posted by jimmyb
According to this writer, the Uncle Tom thing was to play the fight up so they could sell more. Ali and Patterson were actually friends.
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Ali punished him for 12 rounds and taunted him throughout the fight, when he could have taken him out quite early.
Patterson actually went on after that fight to have a successful career in boxing, only losing decisions to Quarry, Ellis and again Ali in his last fight.
He was an average heavyweight champion imo.
