Scoreboard: Who Won Jan. 17, 1964
> Floyd Patterson, 29: an eighth-round technical knockout over unranked Italian Heavyweight Sante Amonti, at Stockholm, Sweden. Hoping to make a comeback after his two one-round disasters against Sonny Liston, ex-Champion Patterson floored Amonti three times before the Italian gave up the fight. > Mickey Wright, 28: election to the Ladies Golf Hall of Fame, after winning a record 13 tournaments and $31,269 on the 1963 pro tour. > Veikko Kankkonen: the international Four Hills ski-jumping tournament, a grueling nine-day test over four separate hills in West Germany and Austria, beating Austria's Baldur Preiml for the title with a leap of 320 ft. at Bischofshofen, Austria.
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