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Among these rookies were Tony Buxton, Steven Keith, and Adam Hogue—all of whom placed in the top six. Buxton cruised to the semifinals in the 141-pound weight class before falling in a tight bout against Binghamton’s Anwar Goeres, 6-4. A medical forfeit gave the freshman third place...
Keith and Hogue stumbled early in their first collegiate tournament but quickly regained their footing. After both were pinned in their first bouts, Hogue reeled off six-straight wins to finish sixth at 165 lbs., while Keith (125) proceeded to go undefeated in the wrestleback, placing fifth. With a dominant 12-2 showing in his final bout, Keith showed how much progress the freshmen made in just one afternoon...
...couple guys get pinned when they were [leading a bout],” O’Connor said. “They made rookie mistakes, but improved dramatically throughout the tournament...
...Connor emerged unscathed, a fate that Caputo could not match. The co-captain—wrestling unattached as he takes the semester off from Harvard—mounted a furious comeback after falling behind 3-0 to Cornell’s Steve Bosak but dropped the bout due to riding time. But O’Connor was confident Caputo would bounce back...
...Yankee Stadium on this September day, the Puerto Ricans who have come out to cheer Cotto are jeering Pacquiao, but for all that physics matters, the Filipino is the favorite for the Nov. 14 Las Vegas bout. His payday, it is said, will be about $18 million. Back in the Philippines, you can pun on Pacquiao with pakyaw - a verb, pronounced the same way, that means "to monopolize, to corner the market, to take everything at wholesale in order to maximize profit." Pacquiao knows he wants more than he has, more than boxing can give. At the stadium, he retails...