Word: uppercut
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rough, "Rick" brawls with as much zest as McGraw, has got his quota of lumps when outnumbered by thugs in ambush. A smooth, handsome bruiser with dark curly hair, Diamond (David Janssen) can incapacitate an enemy for hours with his trick judo neck-chop, also has a vicious knee uppercut that comes close to decapitating downed adversaries. Diamond's most amazing talent is his ability to keep his fedora on, no matter how violent the battle. His worst quality seems to be his flagrant affection for fat fees -a penchant that his fellow sleuths seldom flaunt so openly...
Unfortunately for Pajarito. neither the referee nor Bassey was listening. After a between-rounds breather in Los Angeles' Wrigley Field last week. Bassey came back to throw so many punches so fast that his muscular Mexican opponent might as well have been tilting with a windmill. A savage uppercut separated Moreno from his mouthpiece with such violence that third-row fans caught the spray. Even when he was completely off balance, Bassey almost removed Moreno from his haircut with a pair of left hooks and a right uppercut delivered in split-second succession. At the end of the third...
...four rounds, it was the younger Basilio who first showed signs of wear. His strength was ebbing; in close, Robby tied him up with ease. When Basilio stood off and tried to box, stinging jabs thrust him off balance. Then a vicious uppercut landed flush on his left eye. Within seconds it swelled shut. Basilio was lost behind that ugly, blue-black eight ball for the rest of the fight...
Akins, who slipped to the canvas in the fourth when hurt by a left hook, sent Tony down with a right uppercut and two violent lefts in the eighth. DeMarco fell against the ropes and pitched forward on his stomach. He was up at the count of seven and gamely finished the round by holding his own in a slugfest...
Akins hurt DeMarco with an uppercut as the 10th round got underway and pounded the 26-year-old local boy unmercifully. However, the remarkable punishment-taker from nearby Fleet St. landed seven straight shots to the head just before the bell...