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During his eleven years in the prize ring, Virgil ("Honeybear") Akins, 30, never earned much more than a reputation as a listless, slow-starting pug. Last week the St. Louis Honeybear suddenly turned into a tiger. To the delight of a home-town audience, he took just 20 seconds of the first round to put New Jersey's Vince Martinez on the deck in their fight for the welterweight championship of the world. Martinez managed to get up, but it was a painful mistake. Akins dropped him eight more times in three more rounds, flattened his nose, and finally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Too Cold for a Count | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...governors' conference in Houston, while the elders sweated over the problems of state, Virginia, Dorothy and Nina ("Honeybear") Warren went for a swim in the Shamrock Hotel pool, flashed gleaming smiles to prove that life with father can be fun. After the little convention, the girls headed for Chicago with more smiles for daddy at the Big Show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Busy Life | 7/14/1952 | See Source »

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