Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...home town Brockton, Mass., retired Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano, 32, never defeated in a professional bout, lay flat on his wrenched back in a hospital. The winner and new champion: Marciano's daughter Mary Ann, 3. As far as Loser Marciano could explain, he had injured his back while engaged with her in a game of catch-in which Mary Ann was the ball...
...London last week ancient (42) Archie Moore peered curiously for nine sparring rounds at a raw West Indian named Yolande Pompey before calmly knocking him kicking in the tenth to hold on to his light-heavyweight title. This business settled, Archie sat back to await the outcome of a fight he found more interesting: the twelve-round battle in Manhattan between Floyd Patterson and Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson. As Archie-and most of the boxing trade-figured it, the winner would have to fight him in the fall for the heavyweight title, up for grabs since Rocky Marciano retired last April...
...came to Madison Square Garden in tough trim-sleepy-eyed Floyd Patterson, at 21 about the most exciting young fighter in the game, and wild-eyed Tommy Jackson, 24, a fistic freak whose boundless energy and impervious head have thwarted most of the best men in the heavyweight division. To prove he was ready for man's estate, young Patterson needed to knock the ears off Jackson...
...pawings mixed with a few punches had Patterson going backward for the greater part of three rounds. But Patterson was more chastened than hurt; he came back in the final rounds with a crowd-rousing demonstration of a light-heavy frappéing the brains of a cast-iron heavyweight. Jackson somehow stayed on his feet, twice taking the scenic route back to his corner, but always up and eager for the next round. "How can Jackson stand up under that?" a woman asked in the stands. "It's not human!" Said her escort: "He's not human...
When all was totted up, Patterson's lashing attack had won him a split decision, proved he was a first-rate pro-but postponed his try for the heavyweight title. In the dressing room Patterson discovered why his right hand had hurt since the sixth round: the fourth metacarpal was broken. This would probably postpone a September fight with Moore, probably would match Moore with Jackson in a nontitle match. Either way, old Archie Moore was not particularly perturbed. "I've seen both Patterson and Jackson fight-they're good boys, but young," he said. "Experience takes...