Word: postfight
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...face. "He takes some punches. Oh, my God, that shot I hit him with in the last round ... I went back home, back to the country for that one." For what had to be the first time in his career, the Louisville Lip was not available for the postfight rehash. He was hustled to the hospital for X rays of his cheek, which was puffed out like a balloon. His jaw, it turned out, was not broken -nor was his spirit. "You lose, you lose," he said. "More important things to worry about in life. I'm probably...
...chesty twins who bounced down the aisle in gold-sequined gowns cut to the navel. Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby provided some comic relief with a mock sparring match in the ring. The surprise ending came later, when 100 of the spectators, responding to engraved invitations to a postfight party, went to the suburban home of a local black gangster -and were met by a team of gunmen who relieved the guests of more than $100,000 in cash and jewelry...
...better to die than to live mechanically" creak like unrepaired antiques. The book's celebrated nude wrestling scene was supposed to dramatize Lawrence's wish for a return to the presexual child-state. In the film's formal, choreographic version, Birkin makes a postfight declaration to Gerald: "We are mentally and spiritually close. Therefore we should be physically close too-it's more complete." The line may be pure Lawrence, but it now "seem little more than another cinematic plea for homosexuality...
...postfight hubbub last week, Archie was magnanimous as always. "Durelle is one of the very best I ever fought," he said. "He hurt me every time he hit me. In the first round I said to myself, 'This can't be me!', but something told me I could catch him later on. He can have a rematch any time...