Word: ringe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...challenge was issued only minutes after Iron Mike knocked out Michael Spinks to retain his claim as the world's most-feared ring warrior...
Beyond the power and slam, the appeal of boxing may just be its simplicity. It is so basic and bare. In a square ring or vicious circle, stripped to the waist and bone, punchers and boxers counteract. Tyson is already the first, and potentially the second, so the eternal matchup of gore and guile doesn't just occupy him outwardly, it swirls inside him as well. Modern moviemakers are good at capturing the choreography of fights -- they understand the Apache dance. But in their Dolby deafness they overdo the supersonic bashing and skip one of the crucial attractions: the missing...
...worry about it too. He's got such an advantage; he's so strong. But he does things that are mistakes that he might have to pay for." Is Spinks afraid? "Sure, I've got to have my fear," he says. "I refuse to go into the ring without it." But he also says, "I have a nice grip on my pride: I boss it around. I wear it when I should. I throw it in the corner when I don't need it." He'll need it sometime Monday night...
...early matchmaker: "He fights you like you stole something from him." Uppercuts are especially urgent. "If you move away too much," says Oliver McCall, the best gym fighter of the nine revolving lawn sprinklers, "he'll punch your hipbone and paralyze you in place." Hurricane comes out of the ring still spinning. "He hit me on the top of my head," he whines. "It burns...
...Reagan Moscow testament will ring out for years, thanks to those good men. Yes, Griscom is taking his leave, and so is Gilder, who is off to do speeches for George Bush. But that is the way in this Government. Sometimes it does hurt, but often it brings its own special strength. Renewal...