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...with sweat and weigh him down. And he has taken to rigorous training, practicing three hours daily and jogging around his eight-acre Pancho Gonzalez Tennis Ranch in Malibu, Calif. As for court tactics, he likens himself to an aging boxer who can no longer rely on a quick knockout but must pick out a weak spot and "keep punching until the muscles give." His victory over Laver was a case in point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pancho at 41 | 2/16/1970 | See Source »

...whole show is guaranteed to run at least 70 minutes, and the tab is $5 or so. To build suspense and box office, Woroner is trying to keep the result "more closely guarded," as one ad says, "than the gold at Fort Knox." All of the seven possible conclusions (knockout, TKO and decision going either way, plus a draw) were filmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Super Fight | 1/19/1970 | See Source »

...that the President and the nation should have expected to accomplish in Viet Nam. Military men have often said that they were asked to fight the Viet Nam War with one hand tied behind their back. If the goal had been clearly defined as less than a knockout, leaving the ring now would assuredly be easier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: THE ARMY AND VIET NAM: THE STAB-IN-THE-BACK COMPLEX | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

THEN on to another Let it Bleed cut, "Midnight Rambler," a harpsy Chicago blues thing with a long instrumental break, the real knockout of the concert. Jagger gets down on his knees and thousands of heads crane to see what lewd nasty he's doing, so he takes off his belt, swinging his arms back and smashing it to the stage at the end of each line...

Author: By Joel Haycock, | Title: The flea-bit painted monkey Got Live If You Want It | 12/9/1969 | See Source »

Still undefeated after scoring his 21st knockout in 24 fights, Frazier immediately turned to the ringside seats and, in an obviously hoked-up scene, shouted at Jimmy Ellis: "You're next!" Muhammad Ali, the man who popularized such gate-building theatrics when he was known as Cassius Clay, got in his licks, too. After the fight, the suspended Muslim minister said that until his appeal on a draft-evasion conviction is decided, "I don't want to say I'm formally retired. And they can't have a real champion until I do that or until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boxing: Winner, and Still (Partial) Champ | 7/4/1969 | See Source »

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