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Hi. a . 5 ge an “~ nw A ing.Can Happen—Leuis-, DID YOU KNOW CASSIUS rode an elephant when he led a circus parade in Miami a couple of weeks ago? . “He should have been the clown!” , “Don’t write the fight off,’ Joe Louis interrupted. “Clay has a longer reach than Sonny.” (Sonny inter- : “The distance to the canvas is the same, Joe! (Both men laugh.) Louis continues: “Clay isn’t a bloated-up heavy- weight. Natural heavyweight, 208 pounds. Better Style than Patterson. Got the fastest hands of any heavy- weight. (Sonny snaps:) “Yeah, as fast as his mouth.” Joe continues: “When two big guys get in the ring anything can happen.” Clay called the eighth round as the one in which he'll win. What do you think? “One way or the other, somebody goes earlier than that.” How early? “I hope to break my 2 minute-6 second record with Patterson and: rock Cassius to sleep in Jess than that. 1 don’t want to make Patterson look bad.” ; What is the record for a quick kayo? , j “I Knocked Eddie Simms out in 18 seconds,” said | Louis. . : If you and Joe fought in Joe's prime, Sonny, who’ 0 you think would be left standing up? “That'll never be answered,” Joe said, “but Id like Sonny and me to split the closed TV money on that one.”’ kk Lk Ok Mrs. Liston Won’t See Fight R *TWAS MENTIONED that the top priced seats would e $250, - . “Each?” Sonny gasped. “No kidding. I’m lucky I’m * fn the ring. I couldn’t afford to be in the audience.” “See,” Joe smiled, “I told you he makes jokes now.” Are you going to see the fight, Mrs. Liston? ‘No, Pll stay at a hotel near Tropical Park and read a book, I never watch my husband fight. I get — tired waiting for it to start, having to watch the prelim boys first.” ; How long have you been married? _ “Twelve years.”’ Any children? . 0 ao t “Two—17 and 13. (Ed’s note: by a former mar- . ‘ ' ylage.) The older girl is going to business college, tak- , ing pre-law, and has applied for a job with the FBI.” At the mention of a Liston working for the Fel, both Sonny and Joe broke up the interview and howled wi {! _ | 2-