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...boxing history. Frazier, who will spot his rival 3¾ in. in height, a crucial 8½ in. in reach, and 10 or so lbs. in weight, is a swarming, wade-in, bull ish brawler who willingly takes a punch or ten for the chance to score with his bludgeoning left hook...
...shot. Now he seems to set himself more. Trading on 10 to 15 more Ibs. of bulk and 1¼ more inches around the biceps, he hits like a true heavyweight. The seemingly indestructible Oscar Bonavena got that information the hard way in December, when Ali exploded a ripping left hook in the 15th round and dropped the blocky Argentine in a heap. Oscar wobbled up only to be decked again and again, giving Ali a T.K.O. victory. It was the first time that Bonavena had been stopped in his 54-bout career...
...such mechanical precision that he consistently throws between 54 and 58 punches each round. He works almost exclusively inside, crouching and always moving in to slam the body. When the pummeling begins to slow his opponent, when the guard drops to protect the stomach, Frazier tosses a murderous left hook to the head. His coup de grâce is lethal. "Getting hit by Joe," says Light Heavyweight Ray Anderson, one of Frazier's sparring partners, "is like getting run over by a bus." Some of his victims, like Light Heavyweight Champion Bob Foster, literally have no recollection of what...
...result, a lot of people asked very easy questions-questions that made it very easy for him to give long, meaningless answers. And a lot of the really serious questions were asked in a deferential way that made it really easy for him to get off the hook...
Three large hook-and-ladders wererequired to put out the blaze. Only one general alarm in Cambridge fire stations was sounded...