Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hard-jawed, 28-year-old mauler by the name of Jack Dempsey. That was in September 1923. Two weeks later, he fought his famous match with Luis Angel ("Bull") Firpo, at which boxing fans paid a total of $1,888,822 to see Dempsey retain his world heavyweight championship in 3 minutes, 57 seconds of furious fighting...
Jersey Joe Walcott's age is variously estimated at 39 (by Jersey Joe) to 46 (by boyhood acquaintances). By either estimate, he is too old a party to be fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world. Last week, nonetheless-largely because TV audiences will stand for anything billed as a prize fight-the sturdy old Negro was put into the ring with Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano, 28. It was a triumph neither for the sponsor (Gillette Safety Razor Co.), for the autocratic matchmakers (International Boxing Club), nor for the heavy-footed contestants...
...Sharkey,* 79, boxing great of the 1890s, always a contender, but never a champion ; of a heart disease; in San Francisco. Barrel-chested Tom Sharkey left his native Ireland at twelve to go to sea, knocked out 39 opponents in 54 fights, yet lost his crucial bouts with Heavyweight Champions Jim Jeffries, Bob Fitzsimmons and "Gentleman Jim" Corbett. He came closest to the title in 1899 when he battled Jeffries at Coney Island for 25 rib-cracking rounds under a broiling bank of 400 arc lights (for an early attempt at indoor movies). After running a famous bar on Manhattan...
...namesake, former (1932-33) Heavyweight Champion Jack Sharkey (born Josef Paul Cuckoschay...
...Harlem theater enjoyed a sellout business with a new attraction: old Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis, featured (at $7,500 per week) as a member of a dance revue...