Word: knockouts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...knockout record climbed to nine, ten. then eleven. Cassius started spouting poetry and naming the round in which he would "annihilate" his hapless opponent...
...pound Dan Calderwell had only token opposition from Alex Whiteside. Whiteside, at least 20 pounds lighter than Calderwell, barely managed to touch him. It was only in the third round that Calderwell decided to slam Whiteside and even then it was obvious he was not aiming for the knockout...
...square world. Heavyweight Eddie Machen brought unquestioned skill and uncommon pride. A strong, lithe Negro from Redding, Calif. Machen was no classic heavyweight-only 23 of his 41 victories were by knockouts-but he was easily the most talented boxer in a division that was dominated by a bunch of classless pugs. He taunted opponents gleefully ("What's the matter-can't you hit me?"), beat them with eye-catching combination punches. Until 1958 he was undefeated; he ranked as the No. 1 challenger and seemed sure to get a crack at the title held by Floyd Patterson...
...Tiger (real name: Richard Ihetu), Fullmer faced someone just as strong and a lot fresher. Of 59 fights since he turned professional in 1952, Tiger had won 21 by knockouts; not once had anyone knocked him off his own feet. Some of the opponents were easy marks-and his list of conquests included such improbable names as Black Power, Mighty Joe, Super Human Power and Easy Dynamite (whom he kayoed in one round). But he won the British Empire middleweight crown in 1958, earned a shot at a world title with sharp, knockout victories over Britain's Terry Downes...
...construction carpenters with sawed-off brains. Both are bucking for foreman, but in the main they are slapsticking away with casual finesse. Dickens cocks his wrist to look at his watch and pours coffee into his lap. The laughter isn't canned. Mrs. Dickens is a knockout. No one misses Charles...