Word: rematched
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Davey Moore fought for only one thing -money-and he fought often. He gave Bassey a rematch, won that, and during the next four years he fought 22 times. "I ain't fightin' for no high ideals," he said. "I'm a hungry fighter, man, very hungry." Last week in Los Angeles, Champion Moore took on one more challenger, Cuban Refugee Urtiminio ("Sugar") Ramos, 23, undefeated in 43 straight fights. Moore was cocky. "This is a business," he said, "just like any other business...
...closed last week at $6.50, which even at that represented a $1.25 rise for the week on news of Cohn's retreat. Cohn probably needs the money to finance another of his playthings. Championship Sports, Inc. Championship must have $200,000 to promote next month's heavyweight rematch between Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson, but most of its proceeds from the first Liston-Patterson match were seized by the Internal Revenue Service. Helpfully ex-Champion Patterson has lent the outfit $125.000 to help finance his rematch...
...whip out a reserve lariat and chase the calf again, lost a few precious seconds. "That done it," groaned an Altizer fan. "He's lost." At the end, Oliver's winning margin was 7.5 sec. The Texans glumly paid off their bets and demanded a rematch...
...judges' decision was unanimous and lopsided. Dressed in pajamalike native costumes, half a dozen Nigerians swarmed through the ropes to congratulate New Champion Tiger, while Manager Marv Jenson led the battered ex-champ sadly out of the ring. Afterward came the expected talk of a rematch-but Fullmer was not so sure. "If I feel like I can't take him," he said, "there won't be one." And he added: "You can't be sorry when you get beat by a better...
...first game of the twin bill, the Dartmouth second team defeated Harvard's second fifteen by a score of 3-0. The seconds now have a 1-2 record going into a rematch with M.I.T. next week...