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Word: heavyweights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rocky has won 37 of his 42 professional fights by knockouts, and has grossed upwards of $150,000 with his fists. Now the ultimate glory and a succession of far greater purses are within his grasp; next week he will fight aging (officially 38) Jersey Joe Walcott for the heavyweight championship of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personality, Sep. 22, 1952 | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

...Heavyweight Boxing (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). Archie Moore v. Clarence Henry from Detroit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Sep. 8, 1952 | 9/8/1952 | See Source »

...Chicago, where he started his professional climb to boxing fame 18 years ago, Old Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis announced that he had signed a contract to play the fight scenes himself in a biographical movie which will star a professional actor not yet selected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 18, 1952 | 8/18/1952 | See Source »

...Heavyweight Rex Layne, a ten-round decision over former Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles, by a much-disputed verdict of Referee & Sole Judge Jack Dempsey; in Ogden, Utah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won | 8/18/1952 | See Source »

...applied the advice. Matthews went down on to the seat of his boxing trunks as if his ring record (unbeaten since 1943) had been pulled out from under him, took a count of 10. Mauler Marciano (42 victories, 37 knockouts) had won himself a crack, next September, at the heavyweight crown of elderly (38) but shifty Jersey Joe Walcott, who may get the same kind of rough treatment-if Rocky can catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxer v. Puncher | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

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