Word: fought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...singles, Navy's Bailey Taff had to sail through a Crimson sea to pull out a championship. He defeated Bob Horne, 6-2, 6-4, in the semi-finals, and then came from way behind to nip Mike Terner in the finals, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6. Terner fought back from a 4-1 deficit in the final tiebreaker, only to lose the final point on a clutch overhead smash by the Midshipman...
...women's field hockey team battled the University of Pennsylvania Saturday at Franklin Field, but no matter how fiercely the Crimson fought, they still came up short. The Quakers, 16th-ranked in the nation, stymied Harvard's hopes for a victory, 5-2, in the Crimson's Ivy League opener...
...fighters weighed in yesterday at ten in the morning. The champion checked in at a little over 211 pounds. That's a good, solid weight for Holmes, who fought at 209 when he won the title from Ken Norton and at 215 in his last defense against Scott Ledoux...
This is an easy one to call. Larry Holmes is the champion, Muhammad Ali the challenger. Larry Holmes has fought seven times in the past two years, Ali hasn't fought once in that time. Larry Holmes, 30, is in his prime; Muhammad Ali, 38, passed his prime years ago. Yes, it's obvious. Tonight, at about 11:30 EST, Muhammad Ali will win the heavyweight championship for the fourth time...
...somewhere around the 12th or 13th. The first few rounds will be close, with Ali fighting hard to show Holmes that he won't be a pushover. Holmes has a history of missing a lot of his punches--he's gotten away with it because he hasn't fought any top quality fighters. But Ali will throw whenever Holmes throws, and a greater percentage of his punches will land...