Word: bout
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what promises to be the most interesting bout of the afternoon, heavyweight Dale Chadwick of Adams House, last year's University unlimited champion, will meet freshman Fred Ravreby of Hollis Hall, who TKO'ed his man in the first round to win the freshman heavyweight championship...
...bout for Joe Louis' heavyweight title between Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Wolcott will be sponsored in Chicago, probbably in June, by Louis' new International Boxing Club...
Dancer-Comedian Ray Bolger, refereeing an exhibition bout at a Manhattan bock beer festival, wasn't nimble enough to dodge a playful poke by Welterweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson. Bolger nursed a damaged nose with cold compresses, but gave his regular performance in Where's Charley? the next night...
...Miami last week, the 34-year-old heavyweight champion gave up the title he had defended 25 times in nearly twelve years and announced that he had turned promoter. His first venture, he said, would be a world's heavyweight championship bout between Jersey Joe Walcott and Cincinnati's Ezzard Charles, probably in Chicago, in June. Big Joe added that the match had the blessing of Abe Greene of Paterson, N.J., Commissioner of the National Boxing Association, and that the winner would be champion, at least in the 46 states (all but New York and Massachusetts) where N.B.A...
...freshman heavyweight final came to a rapid and stunning halt. Fred Ravreby of Hollis opened by flooring his opponent, Leland Schoen of Stoughton, who in turn just as quickly floored Ravreby. With a grin, Ravreby picked himself up and with one punch concluded the bout, the referee awarding...