Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...boodle is only one of the fight's unusual attributes. It is the first heavyweight championship to be held in Africa, and the first to be used as a national public relations spectacular. The promoters hope for a TV audience of hundreds of millions in more than 75 countries (closed-circuit arenas and theaters in the U.S. are charging between $12 and $30 a seat). This electronic gate will more than compensate for the fact that there is little chance of filling the Zaïre stadium with paying customers. It may be the first championship fight in modern...
Unusual Aspect. That problem hardly worries Promoter Don King, the first black ever to arrange a heavyweight title bout. For the moment, at least, King has become the most important matchmaker in boxing-quite a distinction for a felon who ten years ago was known as the numbers baron of Cleveland and four years ago was No. 6178 at the Marion (Ohio) Correctional Institution, where he was serving time for killing one of his underlings...
...varsity heavyweight eight was the undisputed national collegiate champion. After trouncing all opposition en route to an undefeated regular season, the heavies captured the Eastern Sprints title. The Crimson went on to overwhelm Intercollegiate Rowing Association champ Wisconsin and handily defeat the University of Washington, the Western Sprints champ, to put to rest all claims that it was not the best in the land. The meeting between the Eastern and Western Sprint champions was billed as the first real race for the national heavyweight title. Although many critics doubted whether Harvard could hold its own against the Huskies, stroke...
...Porcellian Club boat comprised of four Crimson heavyweight and lightweight oarsmen captured the Wyfold cup at the Henley. Bowman George Host, Scholle, Dave Porter, and Woody Canaday brought the Porcellian Club victory in its first Henley attempt...
Muhammad Ali's bid to regain the heavyweight championship got a shot in the arm last week. Several, in fact...