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Boxing officials and supporters yesterday opposed plans to tighten the rules on the sport in Massachusetts. One asserted proposed changes were planned only to "fool the television audience." That assertion came from Tommy Rawson, who was the referee in the Tommy Collins-Jimmy Carter lightweight championship bout last month.
*Al Gruenther's biggest moment among the masters: the grudge match between Ely Culbertson and Sydney S. Lenz (partners included Mrs. Culbertson and Oswald Jacoby), in which Lieut. Gruenther, then an instructor at West Point, acted as referee.
It was the first of ten brutal knockdowns in less than five minutes of fighting. By the time Collins' seconds had climbed into the ring and forced reluctant Referee Tommy Rawson to stop the fight in the fourth round, 24-year-old Boxer Collins was a rubbery-legged, bloody...
Across the nation, TV stations and newspaper offices heard an angry buzz from viewers. "That fight set boxing back 400 years," protested a fan in Pittsburgh. In San Francisco a man shut off his TV set because "my wife and kids were crying and I couldn't stand it...
In Boston, Referee Rawson appeared surprised by the uproar. He explained that Collins, though repeatedly knocked down, "was never hit badly." What was more, the one-sided fight probably looked worse on television than it actually was. Said Rawson: "I didn't want to deny Collins that one chance...