Word: fistic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Champion proved to be a clean knockout for practically everybody connected with it. To get ready for his remarkable fistic performance, Actor Kirk Douglas, 32, trained for a month and a half, six days a week, under the knowing eye of "Mushy" Callahan, onetime world's junior welterweight champion. Until then, the nearest Douglas had ever come to boxing was skipping rope at St. Lawrence University in preparation for a tournament in which he became intercollegiate wrestling champion of the Eastern Division (1938-39)* By the time Mushy finished with him, Douglas was in such good ring training that...
...course of his fistic career, Fuller has lost only once, on a split decision to Willie Clemens, national amateur Golden Gloves champion in 1947, while amassing a record of 31 victories 26 by knockouts. Two weeks ago in Providence he knocked out Sam Gladings with two punches in 21 seconds of the first round...
Semi-finals in the inter-House competition will be fought off today and tomorrow, with the eight finals scheduled for Friday evening at the I.A.B. Many of the same lads will battle for all-Harvard crowns Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, winding up the fistic series on Friday evening, March...
...veterans of last year's fistic carnival will be in the ring this week and next. Tommy Rodgers, one-armed pile-driver who flailed his way to the 155-pound crown last spring, will be defending his laurels against what Lamar terms "a strong field...
...records of 1,982 prizefighters and over 60,000 bouts, indefatigable Nat Fleischer has added the first directory of the world's promoters and managers, a war-service honor roll, and a collection of many fistic firsts and superlatives. Items...