The Big Fight
Red Smith's New York Herald Tribune column on Mailer's exchange with Sonny Liston at the post-fight press conference, after Liston's first-round KO of Floyd Patterson on 25 September. The exchange spawns Mailer's letter to the editor of the NYHT (62.17a) the next day.
“The Big Fight.” Column by Red Smith. New York Herald Tribune, 27 September 1962. Article.
Account of Mailer’s exchange with Sonny Liston at Liston’s press conference after his knockout victory over Floyd Patterson on 25 September. Mailer’s letter to the editor (62.17a) the next day complains of inaccuracies in this Smith column.