Word: bassey
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Dates: during 1958-1958
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...Bassey made the big effort to flatten his Brooklyn opponent in the seventh when he staggered him with a left hook. Despite heavy punishment, Costa rallied enough to win the round on one of the official cards...
...YORK, Oct. 31--Featherweight Champion Hogan Kid Bassey, a stubby warrior from Nigeria, dropped shifty Carmelo Costa twice on the way to an unanimous decision tonight in a non-title 10-rounder at Madison Square Garden. Bassey weighed 127, Costa...
Pajarito and his countrymen had been completely convinced by a compact (5 ft. 3 in.; 124 Ibs.) little man whose square name is Okon Bassey Asuque, Esq., M.B.E.* His ebony fists are probably the swiftest pair of weapons in the prize ring, and his Oxford-accented speech is certainly the rarest: "When I awoke the morning of the fight and saw it was raining, I actually wept. I was emotionally prepared to fight that night, and a delay would have been annoying...
...started fighting for pay, he has moved to Liverpool and has put together a record of 62 fights with only ten losses. He won the featherweight title last summer by beating Algeria's Cherif Hamia. And last week not even Los Angeles' visiting Mexicans would challenge Bassey's manager, George Biddies, when he announced elegantly: "I rather fancy that Hogan will be about some time as featherweight champion...
...Member of the Order of the British Empire, an honor bestowed four months ago by Queen Elizabeth for Bassey's services to Nigerian sports...