Word: champion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Emile Griffith knocked down champion Dick Tiger in the ninth round and won the middleweight title by unanimous decision last night, before 16,000 booing fans at Madison Square Garden...
...champion won the fight in the eighth, ninth, and tenth, as he handed Tiger the first flooring of his career. The other twelve rounds were too cautious for the fans, and only Griffith's vociferous mother maintained an enthusiastic chatter throughout...
...night before the tournament started, Nicklaus' close friend Bob Barton was killed in a private-plane crash (along with his wife and another couple) while en route to watch Jack play. "Golf has never seemed so secondary," muttered the melancholy champion. "It's pretty hard to get excited about 5-ft. putts this week...
...victory ceremony, there was an awkward moment: tradition calls for the defending champion to help the new champion into the winner's green blazer. "Fellows," said Nicklaus, "I'll put my own coat...
Wilson is also a discus thrower and a rapidly improving one but he isn't yet ready to replace IC4A champion John Bakkensen, a steady 170-footer who graduated in June, or even Bill Pfeiffer, who frequently topped 160 feet. Wilson threw 150 ft. 3 in. as a freshman, however, and has impressed the coaches with his performance this spring...