Cassius Clay's physician.

Here's a couple of cool stories:
"Among his favorite stories was the one about his first day as a young waiter at the Columbia, when he spilled soup on the lap of mobster Santo Trafficante .

Later, goes another story, when the two became friends, the gangster loaned Dr. Pacheco a car for a date. Dr. Pacheco was losing his virginity inside the car just as a "hit" was ordered on Trafficante. But no misguided bullets flew that night." http://www.tampabay.com/news/o...dead-at-89_162712822

RIP for the Fight Doctor...

RIP. A Sig Ep as well.

gotta wonder if he told ali if he would be going numb , upstairs if he kept fighting.

but ali was not stupid , there is no doubt in my mind that he felt the c.e.t. many years before he admitted it

Yes he did, bendable.

"After returning to beat Alfredo Evangelista in May 1977, Ali struggled in his next fight against Earnie Shavers that September, getting pummeled a few times by punches to the head. Ali won the fight by another unanimous decision, but the bout caused his longtime doctor Ferdie Pacheco to quit after he was rebuffed for telling Ali he should retire. Pacheco was quoted as saying, "the New York State Athletic Commission gave me a report that showed Ali's kidneys were falling apart. I wrote to Angelo Dundee, Ali's trainer, his wife and Ali himself. I got nothing back in response. That's when I decided enough is enough." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...n_.28second_reign.29