Word: rematches
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...Italian stallion is back with his South Philly rabbit punches. In Rocky II-Redemption, our hero, played once again by Sylvester Stallone, challenges Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), the boxer who beat him in Part 1, to a rematch. Preparing to film the final fight scenes at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, Sly, as his friends call him, worked out so long and hard that he had to be given oxygen and vitamin B-12 shots between takes. "Every muscle feels like it's been torn from the bone," grunted Stallone. "Yesterday I thought for the first time...
...best of five series now moves to the Smoggy City, where Tom Lasorda's crew hopes to complete their second consecutive playoff sweep and set up a probably World Series rematch with the Yankees...
From the opening seconds of the first round, it was clear that only the names were the same in the Ali-Spinks rematch. Both men were starkly different than they had been six months ago, when Spinks had pummeled Ali and stripped him of his crown. Then Ali was overweight and undertrained. Spinks had been a fury, lashing blows with desperate abandon. With an intensity that was touching, he fought to claim the right to an existence, not just a title. He wanted to be somebody. The outcome left both men with terrible challenges...
...week from Tuesday, weather permitting, the women in white have a rematch with the squad from Hanover. Manager Robin Worth said, "It will have to be a tremendous match...
...final round, which began yesterday, Chipman found the early going extremely tough as he lost five of six bouts--including a rematch against Sullivan. Then he regained his first round form and swept seven of his next nine bouts...