Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bratton's victory was fresh evidence of the astonishing extent to which Negro fighters have succeeded in capturing today's world titles. Above the bantamweight class, reluctant Light-Heavyweight Joey Maxim, who has not defended his title in more than a year, is the only white man who holds a world championship...
...title fight was recognized in 47 states (New York excepted) by the National Boxing Association. *The champions: Heavyweight Ezzard Charles, Light-Heavyweight Maxim, Middleweight Robinson, Welterweight Bratton, Lightweight Ike Williams, Featherweight Sandy Saddler. South Africa's Vic Toweel, a white man, holds the bantamweight title, and Hawaii's Dada Marino the flyweight...
...Manhattan, Heavyweight Rex Layne, 22, over Bob Satterfield, by an eight-round knockout, to make clumsy, hard-punching Layne the newest member of the I-want-a-shot-at-Ezzard-Charles club...
...clearly the No. I challenger for reluctant Joey Maxim's light-heavyweight title, Matthews gives credit where credit is due: "I was a stinking boxer until I met Jack Hurley...
From the opening bell, ex-Sailor Murphy came boring in like a brawling longshoreman, trying to land the knockout left that has polished off 50 out of 58 opponents, and made Murphy one of the top contenders for the light-heavyweight title. The referee had to warn Murphy against his grab-and-hit tactics (clutching with his right glove while pounding with his left). But Matthews was taking care of himself. He boxed with Marquess of Queensberry manners, but kept thumping powerful lefts & rights to Murphy's body. Later, when Murphy continued to bore in with a splendid disregard...