Word: turpin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Adjust field-artillery glasses. Able to make out ring in distance. Entire stadium is full, except for scattered ringside seats which await arrival of fashionably-late celebrities and socialites. The crowd is hot and noisy. Most of the conversation centers on the main event. Few watching prelim between Jackie Turpin (Randy's brother) and Joe Wamsley...
...Standee behind last row reveals that he has $270 on Randy Turpin. Will collect $600 if his man wins...
...Turpin wins prelim...
...Almost before the audience knows what has happened, Robinson's left eye is a great blob of blood. So much of the blood is over Turpin that from the distance it looks as though he may be the one who is cut. Robinson seems to come to life, moves in savagely. He hurts Turpin badly and then knocks him flat on his back with a right to the jaw. The conclusion drawn from the first nine rounds--that Robinson could not hurt the champion--is proved wrong in an astonishing second. Every spectator is up on his feet, screaming. Turpin...
...Afterwards everyone stands around limply wondering how Turpin managed to stand up under the beating. "Him and Lamotta has de hahdest two haids in de world," a fan says, shaking his head. The standee is $270 poorer. His enthusiasm is gone. "Guess I hafta walk home," he mutters to no one in particular and starts down the long flight of stairs. The entertainment is over...