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Floyd Patterson - When I was in high school in the 1970's I was the biggest nerd around. No boy ever asked me for a date, I had no friends and when I invited people to my birthday party "they forgot". But around 1973 we had the pleasure of having Floyd Patterson speak at our school. I was a huge boxing fan back then and it was shortly after he had lost to Muhammad Ali. Well during the reception line ultra-shy me made a condolence comment and wished him better luck on his next fight. After his talk I was the only one to ask him a question. Everybody else was too shy to make eye contact with him let alone speak to him. For five seconds the next day I was the most popular kid in school because everybody wanted to know what I had said to him. Thank you, Floyd Patterson, for a great memory.
PK - Posted: May 2, 2006
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