Word: heavyweights
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Died. James J. Braddock, 68, heavyweight champion of the world (1935-37); in North Bergen, NJ. After a promising start as a middleweight in the '20s, Braddock's luck faltered. During the Depression he worked on the docks and went on the dole, but he kept on fighting -and losing. After a surprise victory in 1934, he disposed of three strong contenders for the heavyweight crown and earned a shot at Champion Max Baer's title. Braddock skillfully outboxed Baer for 15 rounds, winning a unanimous decision and Damon Runyon's sobriquet "the Cinderella...
...Springfield's heavyweight Tim Smith decisioned his Harvard counterpart, Kip Smith, to ice the victory...
Rounding up the Crimson roster in the heavyweight class is 250-pound grappler Kip Smith. "Kip has built up his strength over the off-season, and he should have a good year," Lee said...
...Heavyweight Class...
...gone into the ring to face a host of opponents, present and past, in an apparently hopeless cause. He was out for revenge against the boxing establishment that had summarily stripped him of his heavyweight title seven years ago for refusing to be drafted. He was fighting the skeptics who rated him a 3-to-1 underdog against Foreman, and the record of recent fights in which, aging and overweight, he had displayed only brief glimpses of his old speed and guile. He was also challenging boxing history; only one other heavyweight, Floyd Patterson, had ever won the championship twice...