Word: savold
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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...spectacle in London's Harringay Arena made one loyal boxing fan shudder and say: "From now on, wrestling will be my hobby." In the third round, New Jersey's Lee Savold had popped glass-chinned Bruce Woodcock on his glass chin. Down went Brucie. In the fourth round, Savold popped him again with a low body blow. Woodcock, collapsing like a damp dishrag, lay moaning & groaning on the floor. Some of the sportwriters were reminded of a countryman of his, "Fainting Phil" Scott, who had made an art of collapsing, back in the late...
...referee disqualified Savold for fouling and declared Woodcock the winner. Wrote a London Daily Express reporter: "It was certainly a moral win for the American. And don't accuse me of being anti-British. For most of the 10,500 fans who booed Woodcock from the ring after his unhappy victory would support this judgment...
...voices kept reminding him that all he had to do was say the word and collect $500,000 or so. Last week, Joe said the word. He would defend his heavyweight title, for the 26th time, next June, probably against the least bad of three unpromising contenders-Lee Savold, Ezzard Charles or Joe Baksi...