Word: bout
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still carrying a slight cough from a two-day bout with viral laryngitis, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson last week set out on her most ambitious beautifying and sightseeing trip since becoming First Lady. It was, appropriately enough, within the borders of Texas...
...exciting bout with a plenitude of punches for the 9,000 spectators at Maple Leaf Gardens and the 38-closed-circuit audiences who saw the Louisville champion extended 15 rounds for the first time. Chuvalo landed solid blows with the left to Clay's body and jaw in several rounds, but Clay outpunched the Canadian by a wide margin and drew blood from cuts around his puffed eyes...
...challenger should go off at 80-to-1, but even the gambling establishment has a trace of patriotism. Chuvalo is a bum, and won the title shot only after World Boxing Association champion Ernie Terrell backed out of his bout with All three weeks...
...theatres originally set up to telecast the bout have shrunk to 40 (none in Boston) and may shrink more before the opening bell. The fight will be carried on radio only by the Canadian Broad-casting Company...
...This bout will probably be the last Ali ever fights while he is in his prime, and the champion is likely to put on a good show. Chuvalo is a boxer of the oak tree variety, and though he has never mounted a commendable offense, he does own the distinction of never having been knocked to the canvas...