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Post gossip dowager Cinday Adams today breaks the news that "just before his fight with Sonny Liston, [Floyd Patterson] told me: "If I lose the championship tonight, I hope you'll give him the same honors and respect you've always given me."

For a little context: Liston-Patterson took place in 1962. Or, to put it another way, back when the late Joey Adams was still able to get it up.

For Cindy.

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