Word: hook
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dundee tells how he had barnstormed the country with the young Clay and finally brought him into Madison Square Garden in 1962 to fight Sonny Banks. "Banks hit Ali with the finest left hook I've ever seen. It would have floored King Kong. Ali's eyes glazed like he was out of it, and his keester hit the canvas. Then he sprang back up, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and stopped the guy cold. He won by a knockout. That's when I knew for sure. I really thought for a split second that Bank's punch was goodbye...
...exposure of his Olympic triumphs on TV proved to be more valuable to the elder Spinks than a good left hook. He got an early discharge from the Marines, moved to Philadelphia with his wife Nova and his stepdaughter, and quickly turned pro after signing up with Boxing Promoter Bob Arum. Hungering for fresh fighters, CBS aired six of his first seven bouts...
...Crimson's superior sprint duo of Malcolm Cooper and Julian Mack led the charge, sweeping Yale--which was hurt by the fact that captain and top sprinter Harvey Hook had quit the team--in both the 50- and 100-yd. freestyles. The invincible Cooper won both events with times of 21.26 and 47.01, respectively...
Well, there is no joy in Mudville. Cornell's Charlie Brown took a long downcourt pass and canned a three-foot hook shot, his third such shot in the last five minutes, to give the lead and the game to the Ithacans...
...gave her squad an intermission tongue-lashing, it had a delayed effect. SMU guard Mary "Downtown" Hill swooshed home three unanswered long-range missiles before All-Ivy standout Wendy Carle answered the rainmakers with a nifty maneuver underneath. The sophomore forward finished with 14 points, several coming on patented hook-layup drives to the bucket...