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...lone knockdown came in the sixth round when Hagler sent Obel to the canvas for the first time in his career with a crunching left hook. The challenger got up quickly and survived the rest of the round after taking a mandatory eight count from referee Octavio Meyran...
...third round Hagler comes flying out of his corner and nails Fully with a left hook, and it is clear that Fully's filly will be collecting an annuity before the night is over. It is just a question of when. The guys next to me are anxious. They have a bet on Hagler in six. One of them has smoked too much dope and is snoring. Somebody is throwing his business cards like confetti: "Tint City." It's a glass company...
Jake LaMotta was once middleweight champion of the world, at a time when that title meant even more than it usually does. He could take a punch better than anyone--partly because punching his head was like punching a provolone--and he had a left hook that could leave even Sugar Ray Robinson, maybe the best pound-for-pound fighter of all time, quivering on the mat like a dead leaf too long on the tree. He came out of the tough neighborhoods of the Bronx, and when it was over, he had an old middleweight title, a divorce...
...producers of Charlie's Angels are off the hook...
...hoopsters came out on to the floor keyed up and ready. Seven minutes into the first quarter they led, 17-8, and it looked like a rout was underway. The staunch Crusaders refused to buckle, however, and with unerring patience Holy Cross's big gun Mary Ann Palazzi and hook shot specialist began to chip away at Harvard's lead, drawing to within one point and then moving ahead with four minutes left in the half...