"On this historic show we have four world championship boxers who are all members of the Boxing Hall of Fame—Floyd Patterson, Rocky Graziano, Jake LaMotta and Jose Torres. Jake LaMotta, you may recall, was portrayed by Robert DeNiro in "Raging Bull," and Rocky Graziano was portrayed by Paul Newman in the film 'Somebody Up There Likes Me.' Floyd Patterson is the first man to regain the heavy weight championship.He lost it to Ingamar Johanssen and won it back. These men really enjoyed being together. Jose Torres became a respected writer, and wrote one of the best books on MIke Tyson, 'Fire and Ice.' They had never been together like that before in any forum, so it was a rare treat for me to facilitate this show.These men really enjoyed being together, and stayed around and continued to talk for a longtime after we finished." —Bill Boggs
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