Word: bantamweights
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...drawn, his body lean almost to emaciation. He was a young Jew, the challenger. Opposite him stood a diminutive but hirsute Italian, his eyes as fierce as the dark lakes of Il Pitrgatorio, his round muscles bulging under his sleek brown skin. He looked truly what he was-the bantamweight champion of the world. He charged his pathetic opponent like a volley of round-shot. But what was this? A spattering of left jabs stopped his rush, jerked back his head, made the flesh puff around his eyes. Again he charged, again the haggard challenger flicked ' him, right, left...
...Manhattan, two minute gamecocks stepped close, pecked, stepped out, ducked, strutted. They were bantams. Their eyes glared bloody for a golden prize-the bantamweight championship of the world. One was a Jewish gamecock from Harlem-Champion Abe Goldstein; one was an Italian gamecock from Brooklyn-Challenger "Cannonball" (Eddie) Martin. For 15 rounds the pecking, the strutting, went fiercely on. Then from 1,200 smoky throats a great shout went up. Bantam gamecock Cannonball Martin, he was champion...
Flyweight 108-112 Pancho Villa Bantamweight 116-118 Abe Goldstein Featherweight 122-126 Lightweight 133-135 Benny Leonard Welterweight 142-147 Mickey Walker Middleweight 158-160 Harry Greb Lightheavyweight 175 Mike McTigue (Cruiser) Heavyweight unlimited Jack Dempsey
...quarrel was over a purse−and the world's bantamweight boxing championship. The desperado was Abie Goldstein, "Harlem assassin," titleholder, whose boxing on this occasion was now brilliantly clever, now dismally stupid. The little old man was Charley Ledoux, of France, aged 32, bantamweight champion of Europe, who had come to America a third time ("and last," said he) with titular intentions...
Carpentier it was indeed, old friend of Little Old Man Ledoux. They have the same manager, Descamps; the same trainer, Gus Wilson; the same training quarters (for the present), the Jack Curley estate, at Great Neck, L. I. In 1909, when the "Gorgeous Orchid Man" was a bantamweight, Ledoux fought Carpentier (unsuccessfully...