Word: welterweight
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...have a set routine for soothing public anger whenever a fighter dies from a ring beating. The ritual calls for regrets, investigations, hearings, expert testimony and hopeful promises. Last week the New York State Athletic Commission had to begin the rites of atonement for the first time in 1951; Welterweight George Flores, 20, knocked out in Madison Square Garden,* died of a brain injury. Said the commission...
Whatever the talent of his opponent, Robinson can always count on a sure sense of rhythm and the ability to cut loose with a stunning flurry of punches with both hands. Tommy Bell, the last man to stand between Robinson and the welterweight (147 Ibs.) crown, describes his defeat with the uncompromising clarity of a man speaking from brutal experience: "He come at me with two punches, a left and a right. I didn't know which hit me first. The punches didn't hurt me, but when I started to move, my legs wouldn...
...goes, resolved revenge then & there. A year later, further infuriated when Zivic referred to him as "a punk amateur kid," Robinson got his chance. Though his detractors still claimed that Robinson was a weak counterpuncher, the skinny (139 Ibs.) kid, just half an inch under 6 ft., outgunned ex-Welterweight Champion Zivic at his own game: counterpunching. Sugar...
...Hammering Henry, a leather-throwing little gamecock, is the only man ever to hold three titles (featherweight, lightweight and welterweight) simultaneously. Today, a fighter automatically vacates one title when he wins another...
Since the last defense of his lightweight (1351bs.) title 17 months ago, Champion Ike Williams has been barnstorming in the welterweight (147 lbs.) division, where there is more moneymaking competition. Last week, forced to make a title defense, Williams picked out a likely pushover named Jimmy Carter (who had lost two of his three 1950 fights), then set about shedding some 15 lbs. of surplus weight. Ike, normally known as a smart operator, made two mistakes: 1) the extra weight that came with easy pickings and age (27) was not so surplus, and 2) Carter was no pushover...