Word: nino
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...figured to be the most savage middleweight rematch since Zale and Graziano. Emile Griffith, the tough ex-street fighter from the Virgin Islands, had an elaborate revenge planned for Nino Benvenuti, the Italian fishmonger's son who took away his 160-lb. title last April. For starters, he was going to reshape Nino's roamin' nose. "I'm going to hit it and hit it and hit it," vowed Griffith. "I'm going to bend it. Then I'm going to knock him out." Bene, sighed Benvenuti, quaffing his Chianti...
Saturday, September 30 ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 2:30-4 p.m.). The tape of the Sept. 28th return match in New York City for the World Middleweight championship between Titleholder Nino Benvenuti and ex-Champion Emile Griffith...
...Nino and the Ebb Tides
According to Nino Pirrotta, Walter W. Naumberg Professor of Music, the Department hopes to raise the required funds through a nationwide campaign directed at music-lovers and alumni with a special interest in music. The membership of the fund-raising committee has not yet been announced...
...Many Butts. And maybe the dirtiest. Angered by Benvenuti's prefight predictions of victory, Griffith hit on the break and after the bell, repeatedly rubbed the laces of his gloves in Nino's face, butted open a gash on Nino's nose-and managed one legitimate looping right that knocked him down for a five count. Benvenuti still made good his boast. Ignoring the blood that was streaming from his nose, he decked Griffith with a right uppercut in the second round. Counterpunching beautifully, making full use of his 3-in. advantage in reach, he kept Emile...