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Since he won the heavyweight championship in 1949, Ezzard Charles has knocked out five of the six challengers for his title without convincing fight fans that he is a worthy successor to Joe Louis. In Madison Square Garden last week, against reformed Playboy Lee Oma, 34, Charles tried again...
Champion Charles had not convinced the fans. They made the Garden ring with their verdict: boos for an uncommonly dull fight. All this left gentlemanly, music-loving Ezzard Charles nonplused and a bit plaintive. Said he: "I don't know what I have to do to convince them I'm the champ. I guess I'm like Stephen Foster. He wrote a lotta good music and they didn't appreciate him until he was dead...
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...
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...