Word: prelims
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...loss: $60,000), he finds work for a ragtag stable of fighters, gives them handouts and a chance to show what they can do. His payroll bulges with ex-pugs. One of his engineers is a former light heavyweight. A once promising middleweight serves as an office manager. A prelim fighter is carried as a janitor...
This man Palance keeps the show as well as Linda on the move. A rivet-eyed, onetime prelim fighter from the Pennsylvania coal country, Palance (né Palahnuik) gave terrifying performances in Shane and Sudden Fear, has since become the hottest heavy in Hollywood. His face alone, as thin and cruel as a rust-pitted spade, is enough to-frighten a strong man; and to make matters worse, he seems to emit hostile energy, like something left overnight in a plutonium pile...
...Adjust field-artillery glasses. Able to make out ring in distance. Entire stadium is full, except for scattered ringside seats which await arrival of fashionably-late celebrities and socialites. The crowd is hot and noisy. Most of the conversation centers on the main event. Few watching prelim between Jackie Turpin (Randy's brother) and Joe Wamsley...
...Turpin wins prelim...
...Turpin wins prelim...