Sport: Three-Ring Circus

Accused at one time or another of being a dirty business, a brutal business, a corrupter of honest politicians, and a perverter of young men's morals, professional boxing has always managed to survive. But it might not survive being a bore. That's what it was last week.

>In Philadelphia's Convention Hall, red-booted Albert Westphal, a flabby (5 ft. 7 in.. 195 lbs.), obscure German who looked like a lady wrestler, was matched off against Sonny Listen, whose career, besides 22 knockouts, included 19 known arrests, two convictions (armed robbery, assaulting a police officer), and...

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