Word: jabs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...somehow, things loosen up along the way. The jokes flow less smoothly and one's attention wanes as the story progresses. In his best work, Perelman's words crowd together on the page and jab at you continually. Here they seem to spread out and sit more complacently. It is a shame that in our last glimpse of this fine writer, he is not at his best...
...suppose Hearns showed a lot of heart in the fight. He was battered around the ring in the sixth and seventh rounds, and came out in the eighth circling steadily, firing his long left jab to keep Leonard off him. In the thirteenth he was knocked to the canvas for the first time in his career--not once, but twice. He got up both times, once extracting himself from the ropes. All this from a man who said before the fight that he had never even been stunned in his entire career. Hearns learned quickly...
...came in the fourteenth. A huge right hand from Leonard seemed to miss, but all of a sudden there was Hearns, wobbling to a different set of ropes. Leonard, always a great finisher, threw 40 punches or more. Hearns offered a weak left jab. Thirty more punches...
...move, move, and get inside, throw some body shots to wear Hearns down and then retreat. Somewhere along the line he's going to get hit, however, and Hearns hits twice as hard as Duran. When Leonard tries to come in, he'll be met by Hearn's left, jab, a powerful accurate weapon. When Leonard is inside, Hearns will hook to the body. On the way out, Leonard will be caught with right hands. At some point, Leonard will have to trade punches with Hearns...
...fight begins. Hearns is anxious and misses a big right hand. Just when everyone thinks Leonard is going to make Hearns look bad, Thomas settles down and starts connecting with his jab. The fight ends there. Leonard tries everything in an attempt to avoid Hearns' punches while landing some of his own. But every time he closes in, Hearns nails him. A left hook stuns Leonard. A right puts him down. No one will ever count ten over Sugar Ray, who rises. Ten Hearns punches later, the fight is stopped. The clock shows 1:58 of the sixth round...