Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ezzard Charles, former heavyweight champion, is a 3-1 favorite to dispose of dangerous Bob Satterfield in a ten-rounder at the Chicago Stadium tonight...
...Zion, Ill. One eye blinded in a boyhood boxing accident, Connelly masqueraded as a sandwich vendor, iceman, or plumber's helper to outwit gatemen and gain free admission. Before he retired at 65, he boasted that during his career he had seen every Kentucky Derby, all but three heavyweight-championship bouts, countless football and baseball games, on principle had never paid for or accepted a ticket...
...Francisco, ex-Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles, 32, bidding for a comeback chance against Rocky Marciano next summer, scored an impressive tenth-round knockout of younger (by seven years) and heavier (by eleven pounds) Coley Wallace, the fighter who doubles for ,the hero in the movie The Joe Louis Story...
...prying with this head and nock, Ken Culbert at 177 rolled over Tufts' co-Captain Larry Byren and pinned him in a minute and a half of the first period. Heavyweight Pete Morrison rounded out, the Crimson victory with a fall after the start of the second period...
Though both Crimson middleweights lost to Williams, they were inexperienced and are expected to look better tonight. Frank Baker will be at 147 and Bob Little will hold down 157. Junior Ken Culbert, who pinned his Williams man, starts at 177 and heavyweight Pete Morrison will be in the unlimited spot...