Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ezzard Charles knocked out is the 11th round Nick Barone at Cincinnati last night and thus retained his world heavyweight championship before an estimated 12,000 fans...
...Manhattan, young (22) heavyweight aspirant Rex Layne, over aged (36), onetime near-champion Jersey Joe Walcott, in a ten-round decision which had some enthusiasts rushing to tag Layne, fresh from Utah and still pretty clumsy, as heavyweight boxing's new "white hope...
...World's Heavyweight Champion, who ruled the division for 11 years with 22 knockouts in 25 title defenses, outboxed the 23-year-old South American aspirant, but failed to show any trace of his one-time bombs that formerly laid his opponents low. The verdicts of referee Frank Gilmor and the two judges were in almost complete accord. The judges voted 55 to 45 for Louis, with Referee Gilmor balloting 56 to 44 for the former titleholder...
Died. Billy B. Van,* 80, palavering onetime vaudeville comic, who toured with Heavyweight Champion James J. ("Gentleman Jim") Corbett, retired 25 years ago to manufacture soap, plugged chewing gum on the radio, emerged from retirement last year to play in Mae West's Diamond Lil; of a heart ailment; in Newport...
...Mastodons have a massive line, averaging well over 200 pounds. Former JV lettermen Clark Cowen and Ames Stevens hold down the left side of the line, with heavyweight wrestler Larry Johanson and Pugh playing right tackle and guard. Dugald Fletcher is the offensive center, with 240-pound Whitey Black on defense. Major Close and Myles Herter are the pass-catching ends, with Jim Fleming spelling Herter on defense. Ed and Sum White, Herron Morris, and Bob Cohen are reserve linemen...