Word: bouts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Missing three fencers from last year's A-1 quartet due to graduation, the Crimson women had little chance to test their new mettle against the inept, unskilled Rhodies. As Captain Kathy Lowry discovered after a somewhat sluggish start in the opening bout of the match, easy victories required no more than straightforward quick lunges with no fakes...
...climbs into the ring, McDoniels is cheered on by his buddies. "I got 250 on you, Randy!" yells someone in the crowd. But Slaymaker takes the bout more seriously. Recently released from Arizona State Prison, where he served five years for manslaughter-he killed a man in an unscheduled barroom brawl over a pool game-Slaymaker kisses his friend McDoniels on the cheek before helping him into the ring. To no avail. A minute into the first round, the wild-swinging, grabbing McDoniels is in trouble. His opponent, Tom Salas, 30, steadily moves in, jabbing, and connects with a left...
...next bout, 182-lb. Slaymaker, fighting in blue-denim overalls and bare feet, faces Gerard Ranare, a younger (20) fighter of the same weight. Slaymaker, like McDoniels before him, is slowed by his prefight drinking; Ranare is pure concentration. He bloodies Slaymaker's nose with a right uppercut, and the fight is stopped by the referee. Slaymaker is helped to his feet, congratulates Ranare with a hug, and a forced smile...
Coasting past Deirdre O'Halloran of B.U. in the semis, 6-0, 6-2, Richmond faced Trinity's Muffy Rogers in the title bout. It what she termed an "unexciting match filled with unforced errors" Richmond came from behind after winning the first set, to claim the trophy...
...skipped workouts, counting on the strength of youth to carry him through. Ali relied instead on conditioning and the canniness of age, all the skills learned in 58 professional fights. He stepped into the New Orleans ring with a look of fierce concentration unseen since his third and final bout with Joe Frazier...