Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gans (who kept the title because Sam had weighed in 8 oz. over the limit). By the time he was 18, "the Boston Tar Baby" was so good that he could beat almost anyone who would give him a bout. In 1906, weighing only 146, he tackled future Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson (185 Ibs.). Only the bell saved Johnson from a fifth-round knockout; only a dubious decision saved him the fight. Afterwards, big Jack would never fight Sam again...
...sight of one eye and cataracts dimmed the other, Sam fought on. In Mexico City, in 1923, he had to say to his seconds, "Just point me straight at him," before he could shuffle across the ring toward his opponent and lash out wildly to win the heavyweight championship of Mexico...
Freshman Jim Doty won the heavyweight division in an open weightlifting meet held Friday night at the Boston YMCA. Doty defeated Ted Van Tine of Boston University by 5-3 in the finals of the competition...
Married. Joe ("the Brown Bomber") Louis, 41, longtime (1937-49) world heavyweight boxing champion; and Rose Morgan, 41, Harlem cosmetics manufacturer; on Christmas Day in Manhattan...
...decision (4-1); in the 147 lb. class, Noble, by decision (9-4); in the 157 lb. class, Eastling, by a pin (time 1:10); in the 167 lb. class, Sullivan, by a pin (time 5:20); in the 177 lb. class, Foster, by default; and in the heavyweight division, Leary, by a pin (time...