Word: heavyweight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Boxing (Fri. 10 p.m.. NBC). Heavyweight bout: Floyd Patterson v. Tommy ("Hurricane") Jackson...
Schulberg's story is, with scarcely any disguise, the Primo Carnera story. Like the onetime (1933-34) heavyweight champion, Toro Moreno ("El Toro, the wild man of the Andes") is a big country bumpkin who stands 6 ft. 7¾ in., weighs 285 Ibs., and serves his opponents a punch that would scarcely be too stiff for a six-year-old's birthday party. Like Carnera, El Toro (touchingly portrayed by Wrestler Mike Lane) falls among thieves. A well-known gambler and fixologist named Nick Benko (played good and heavy by Rod Steiger) buys up his contract...
...rounds," Benko begs. "You don't want to louse up the film rights." Baer refuses, and what happens next is a ghastly digest of the 1934 fight, in which Baer gave Carnera the most brutal beating he ever took (eleven knockdowns in eleven rounds), and won the heavyweight championship. The eleven rounds are condensed into several of the most savage minutes seen on screen in recent years, and when they are over, the ring looks like a butcher's block...
...varsity heavyweight crew lost to Cornell by about three lengths, while the lightweights lost to Princeton by a length in the E.A.R.C. Sprints at Washington and Princeton Saturday...
...Crimson junior varsity finished by abouttwo lengths in the qualifying heat, trailing Cornell, the eventual J.V.Sprints winner, and M.I.T. Cornell was clocked at 6:54.6. The Crimson heavyweight freshman boat, a surprise finalist according to seedings, finished fifth behind Navy, Yale, Princeton, and Penn. Navy covered the course...