Word: heavyweight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...come-from-nowhere pug gets a shot at the heavyweight title. His beloved mother has just died; the mother of his own son is suffering from a severe kidney ailment. His body is depleted by penicillin shots and antihistamines taken for a nagging infection. And now he must step into the ring against a champion who has destroyed every opponent with awful precision. The odds against an upset are so high that most Vegas casinos don't even lay down a betting line. But our plucky hero surprises everyone by carrying the fight for the first seven rounds. Then...
...with a series of calculated jabs and uppercuts, Douglas earned himself the title of heavyweight champion. And with these well-chosen words after the match, he crowned himself Prince of the Unlikely...
...least this match was close. The Crimson stayed neck-and-neck with Columbia all match and was clinging to a 17-16 lead right before the heavyweight match. Dwight Cooper fell under the weight of the pressure, and the Crimson fell...
...Heavyweight...
Just before Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston fought for the heavyweight boxing crown in 1965, baritone Robert Goulet lost his preliminary bout with The Star- Spangled Banner. He made it flawlessly through the first several lines before losing his grip on the lyrics. He later blamed his Canadian upbringing for having to hum the remainder before thousands of fight fans and a closed- circuit television audience...