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...From Champ to Chump Buster Douglas sucker-punched the boxing world by knocking out heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in Tokyo last February. But success went to his stomach -- he became more interested in the banquet table than the boxing ring. Eight months later in Las Vegas, in his only title defense, the 246-lb. Douglas lasted less than three rounds against a leaner and hungrier Evander Holyfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers of 1990 | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

ROCKY V. In his last fight he beat up on the whole Soviet Union, and look what happened to them! This time Rocky Balboa's goal is more modest: to become the street-fighting champ of West Philly. Sylvester Stallone goes for the heartstrings, not the head butts, and the movie is sloppily good-hearted: primal schmaltz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Dec. 3, 1990 | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

THREE MEN AND A LITTLE LADY. The bachelor trio (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson) of the 1987 box-office champ Three Men and a Baby are now in charge of a six-year-old. The jokes and plot lines are way older, and everyone plays breathlessly cute. Pablum for the masses: it'll make zillions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Dec. 3, 1990 | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...between bouts at the gaming tables, Bennett would be treated to a free ringside seat at the championship fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Donny Lalonde. After Leonard won by a knockout, Bennett would receive the champ's satin dressing gown as a souvenir. He would golf with top hotel executives and tip waitresses with $100 gambling chips. His lavish suite would not cost him a dime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fling of a High Roller | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...Neil, Lewis' roommate, remembers the first time he saw the champ's fingers fly across the keyboard...

Author: By Seamus C. Gallagher, | Title: Fast Fingers Help Typing Whiz | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

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