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Ezzard Charles was a five to one favorite to regain the crown from Jersey Joe Walcott in tonight's heavyweight championship fight. If Charles comes back, it will be the first time a heavyweight has retaken the crown after once dosing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 6/5/1952 | See Source »

Going, Going . . . In Berlin, Conn., Mrs. Walcott S. Brown, auctioneer at a rummage sale, discovered too late that she had sold her own coat to a $2 bidder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 19, 1952 | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

Dugald Fletcher captains and strokes Eliot with Dick Almy, 7; Tom Adams, 6; George Walcott, 5; Clem Despard, 4; George Ames, 3; Ned Davis, 2; and Club Morgan, bow. Dick Mann coxes the boat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elephant Eight Passes Puritans | 5/14/1952 | See Source »

...Heavyweight Rocky Marciano, 27, a seventh-round technical knockout over aging (35) Lee Savold; in Philadelphia. Marciano, a leading contender for the world title, was so inept-once, missing with a wild right, he threw himself flat on his face-that Champion Joe Walcott, who had been dickering with Marciano, promptly agreed to a return fight in June with ex-Champion Ezzard Charles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...Francisco, after winning a twelve-round decision in a nontitle bout with Light-Heavyweight Champion Joey Maxim, ex-Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles gave a dressing-room interview. Said the ranking contender for another crack at the title Joe Walcott took away from him last July: "I think I can whip anyone in the world until they beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Things to Think About | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

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