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...curious example of violence spilling over from the arena into the streets, Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson and one of his earliest ring conquests staged an impromptu rematch in New York City around 4:30 a.m. outside a 125th Street haberdashery that boasts a formidable clientele. Anyone purchasing a necktie at that hour better at least have been the champion of the Pacific fleet. After giving Mitch ("Blood") Green a Carmen Basilio facial, crumpling one of his licensed hands in the process, Tyson momentarily faced charges brought not by the law but by Green. They were eventually dropped...
...down from person to person." Spinks was first to get to Holmes (whom he out-pointed twice), the acknowledged champion for seven years. Patterson forgets, though, that Holmes' branch of the title originated when Michael's older brother Leon skipped a mandatory defense in order to preserve a lucrative rematch with Ali. Holmes won his championship from Ken Norton, who won it from no one. He was assigned the vacated title on the strength of a slender decision over Jimmy Young that may have represented a backlash against the creaking mobster Blinky Palermo. Boxing is a dazzling business...
...forgetting about our rematch...
...feature match of the day was a rematch against MIT. Harvard had defeated the Engineers. 9-6. Friday, and if it could do it again, it would pocket the overall championship...
...freestyle proved to be a rematch of the Harvard-Princeton dual meet with Princeton star Mike Ross and Jaffe going toe-to-toe. Again, Ross challenged Jaffe but could not stay with him in the final yards. Jaffe's winning time was 1:37.34, 59 ahead of Ross's second-place mark...