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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fight. Of the team, only Kennedy claimed to be the classic fight fan: "I'm a screamer and a yeller, a foot stomper, a seat pounder. I'll admit to a certain blood lust, a sense of impending disaster. I wait for the big punch that will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 8, 1971 | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

...strategy, Ali may well be the most graceful big man in boxing history. Frazier, who will spot his rival 3¾ in. in height, a crucial 8½ in. in reach, and 10 or so lbs. in weight, is a swarming, wade-in, bull ish brawler who willingly takes a punch or ten for the chance to score with his bludgeoning left hook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bull v. Butterfly: A Clash of Champions | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

Never a devastating hitter, Ali always scored his knockouts?apart from the "phantom punch" of the second Liston fight?with cumulative volleys rather than one deadly shot. Now he seems to set himself more. Trading on 10 to 15 more Ibs. of bulk and 1¼ more inches around the biceps, he hits like a true heavyweight. The seemingly indestructible Oscar Bonavena got that information the hard way in December, when Ali exploded a ripping left hook in the 15th round and dropped the blocky Argentine in a heap. Oscar wobbled up only to be decked again and again, giving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bull v. Butterfly: A Clash of Champions | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

...interesting idea that is executed well-but Groove Tube's leering humor makes the first sequence depend on the appearance of a thumb between one pair of finger-legs and upon the inevitable seduction, while in the other sequence the cleverness of the finger ballet yields to a punch-line based on the revelation that the hills on which the fingers dance are the contours of a woman's body. Without these glad-handing denouements, the sequences are enormously interesting dramas in miniature; with them, the sequences lose their simplicity as the end-result detracts from the interesting means used...

Author: By Bill Beckett, | Title: Underground Television Groove Tube At the Video Theater, 24 Brighton Avenue, Boston. | 3/5/1971 | See Source »

Senior Hal Calbom. who scored eight points in the first six minutes, provided the initial offensive punch. Sophomore James Brown paced Harvard with 20 points, and sophomore Floyd Lewis contributed 19 points. Calbom. Brian Newmark, and Marshall Sanders also scored in double figures...

Author: By Jonathan P. Carlson, | Title: Cagers Move Into Second By Topping Weak Big Red | 3/1/1971 | See Source »

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