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...then fattened up and won the welterweight (147 lb.) championship, then turned to the lightweight division and won that championship (135 lb.) too-all within ten months. Ceferino Garcia, Filipino welterweight, is also a good man in the ring: he has a paralyzing ''bolo" punch (a right uppercut), knocked out nine opponents this year. An overgrown welterweight, he is practically a middleweight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Man | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

...under Farr's eves. After more of this Farr's face was badly marked. In the seventh round Louis landed a halt-dozen punishing blows in as many seconds, but the flurry passed. In the 15th and last round, Louis, having tried everything else, tried a right uppercut to the body. It missed. The final gong rang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Louis v. Farr | 9/6/1937 | See Source »

...fear. Last week, as soon as the fight started, it became obvious that Braddock was not afraid and that Louis could still be hit with a right. After forcing the fighting through most of the first round, Braddock, pinned momentarily against the ropes, caught Louis with a short right uppercut that knocked his opponent off his feet. Louis jumped up without a count, managed to keep out of trouble for the rest of the round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Heavyweight Handiwork | 7/5/1937 | See Source »

...strategy of a skillful animal trainer subduing the ferocity of an angry lion cub by poking it in the face with the legs of a chair. When McAvoy led for the face, Lewis jarred him with a left jab. When he fought from a crouch, Lewis used an uppercut or chopped at his ears with a hacking right. After 15 rounds of this, the judges unanimously awarded Lewis the decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Uncle Tom's Nephew | 3/23/1936 | See Source »

...week most Chicago hotels and restaurants had had their food handlers examined, ousted all those infected." Could not TIME have been more generous by not naming specific institutions, inasmuch as those infected were ousted? . . . You have dealt two of Chicago's hostelries a jarring, as well as lasting uppercut in the guise of news, at a time when our Government is interested in lending everyone a helping hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 4, 1933 | 12/4/1933 | See Source »

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