Word: welterweight
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...That was Zab Judah, the welterweight champ,” I said...
...round face lights up like a child's when he puts on his old boxing robe. He does not look like someone who would kill a man with his hands. But that's exactly what he did the night of March 24, 1962, during a televised boxing match against welterweight champion Benny Paret. Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story, a documentary from Dan Klores and Ron Berger (USA, April 20, 9 p.m. E.T.), searingly remembers a contest that crossed the invisible line into a killing...
STEVEN LOPEZ AGE 25 HOMETOWN Sugarland, Texas EVENT Taekwondo THE DRAMA Lopez, going for a second straight Olympic title, has moved up to the welterweight (80 kg/176 lb.) division. He stars for the sport's first family: brother Jean, 30, is his coach; sister Diana, 20, is an Olympic alternate; Mark, 22, nearly faced big brother at the trials (he lost in the semis). THE COMPETITION Although it's a Korean sport, Cuba's Angel Matos Fuentes won the welterweight gold in Sydney. Newcomer Yousef Karami of Iran has also impressed...
Leonard, who retired last month at the age of 26 as uncontested welterweight champion of the world, toured the University as the guest of the Harvard Foundation, the administration's race-relations agency...
...Arturo Gatti is squaring off against Mickey Ward in a junior welterweight fight in Uncasville, Conn., to be aired live on HBO. Since most Harvard students don’t watch enough TV to recognize Nick from “Survivor,” it’s unlikely that many have heard of these two fighters, which is a shame...