In some ways, the prefight pattern was familiar. As he had twice before, U.S. Heavyweight Floyd Patterson stuck grimly to his job of clouting sparring partners in preparation for a championship bout with Sweden's Ingemar Johansson. And although Ingo was working harder than ever before in the training ring, he was still surrounded with all the lush appurtenances of life, including perennial fiancee Birgit Lundgren.
Champion Patterson had rented a villa on Florida's east coast, just a stroll away from the Atlantic surf. But Patterson could hardly have cared less. "This is a vacation spot," he said. "But I'm not here...
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