Word: ezzard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Heavyweight Championship Fight (Fri. 10 p.m., ABC). Ezzard Charles...
...Konstanty, relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, was yesterday named male athlete of the year in an Associated Press poll. He beat out Vic Janowicz by 33 votes. Completing the top ten were Ezzard Charles, Phil Rizzuto, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, George Mikan, Bobby Reynolds, Babe Parilli, and Ed Ford...
...banging him up on the inside. All of a sudden, you're tired. He hits you some sharp raps. You're on the floor and so fogged up you can't get up." Barone was trying to explain how it happened last week that Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles had knocked him down & out for the first time in Nick's career of 53 professional fights...
Like Nick Barone himself, fight fans were reconsidering Ezzard's virtues last week. They included a poised defense that turned aside with glove or shoulder most of Barone's punches, a flickering left jab which, though it packed no knockout drops, did a thorough job of dulling his opponent's reflexes, and a stout right smash that put Barone away in round eleven. At 29, Ezzard Charles had a polished boxing style that was not Joe Louis', but was still mighty effective in its own way. It might be a long time before the fans...
...Ezzard Charles knocked out is the 11th round Nick Barone at Cincinnati last night and thus retained his world heavyweight championship before an estimated 12,000 fans...