Thursday, September 20, 2018

What was the outcome of Malcolm's boxing matches with Bill Peterson?

Malcolm's career as a boxer turned out to be fairly brief. Like many young African American males at the time, he'd been inspired by Joe Louis's becoming heavyweight champion of the world. Malcolm was also envious of his brother Philbert, who was a pretty good boxer himself. Philbert was a natural, and, as Malcolm comes from the same family, he figured that maybe he'll be one too.
Unfortunately, that turns out not to be the case. In his very first fight, Malcolm was pitted against another novice, a white boy by the name of Bill Peterson, who proceeded to give him a sound thrashing. The worst thing for Malcolm was not the pain inflicted by the countless punches but rather the hurt of being humiliated in front of the whole neighborhood. Malcolm's reputation was shot to pieces; he couldn't hold his head up in public after being whupped by a white boy. To add insult to injury, his younger brother Reginald looked at him in a certain way that mad it clear just how much contempt he had for him.
To restore his damaged reputation among his family and community, Malcolm took on Bill Peterson once again. The rematch was scheduled to take place in Bill's hometown of Alma, Michigan. The new location had the advantage that no one Malcolm knows would be there to see the fight. And it was just as well, because the rematch was an even bigger fiasco than the original bout. After the bell rang for round one, Peterson immediately landed a punch on Malcolm, sending him crashing to the canvas. The fight, like Malcolm's short boxing career, was over.

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