Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew began its 1975 season by ending it. In once convenient swoop at the San Diego Invitational Crew Classic held last Saturday, the Crimson cleaned all major aspirants to their national championship title...
...night-shift security guard, he switched after 1970 to a routine of road work in the morning, selling liquor during the day in eastern New Jersey, and sparring at night in the sweaty clubs of his home town, Bayonne, N.J. After 41 fights, Wepner was hardly a superstar heavyweight; he had an unspectacular 30-9-2 record and ranked eighth on Ring magazine's list. Dubbed "the Bayonne Bleeder" because of the more than 300 stitches he had accumulated in the easy-to-open skin above his eyes, Wepner was an implausible opponent for Muhammad Ali, boxing...
When Harvard's heavyweight crew travels to San Diego this Saturday, they will be sure of only one thing--warm weather. In California for the San Diego Invitational Crew Classic, the oarsmen will be placing much more than their boats on the line...
Even then positions may not be final, as each heavyweight will have the burdensome task of proving to Parker that he cannot be replaced by an oarsman stronger and more skillful than he. And the proving ground will be more a mine field than a playground...
Chuck Wepner, the classic fall guy, managed to stand up for 14 bloody rounds with Muhammad Ale last night, until the relaxed world heavyweight champion calmly decked him with 19 seconds left in the final stanza of the world championship bout in Cleveland, Ohio...