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...summer vacationers had vanished, and the juke joints along the shore looked ready to be boarded up. In the little village of Greenwood Lake, N.Y., only the Long Pond Inn showed signs of life. There the champ's camp followers-boxing writers soaking up free drink, ex-athletes gone fat in the jowls, the kind of women who get their names tattooed on sailors-swapped yarns as they waited for Sugar Ray Robinson, middleweight champion of the world...
Sugar Ray came down to his lakeside training camp trailing a drab crew-a couple of beefy sparring partners and a brace of trainers, all solemn and eager to pound the champ into proper shape for next week's bout with Challenger Carmen Basilio. Only the boss himself seemed to be a hangover from the high old times when he traveled with a clowning dwarf, a personal barber, his private golf pro and the one man a boxer needs least of all: a bodyguard...
...Alexander dropped dead at 26,"*suggested a learned visitor who had been wondering out loud whether the champ's aging (37) legs and slowing fists were equal to 15 rugged rounds. But Ray professed not to hear. "We know what Basilio's been doin'," said Sugar's soft-spoken manager, George Gainford. "Practicing bobbing and weaving. We know what to do about that. Look at his face. He's been hit plenty, so why can't Robby hit him? When the fight's over, why I'll assist Mr. Basilio...
Scotch and sandwiches streamed into a suite in Chicago's Ambassador West Hotel for 48 hours straight last week. Inside, a dozen high-priced lawyers barely paused to refresh. When they did pause at last, patent-challenger Zenith Radio Corp. had finally pinned heavyweight champ Radio Corp. of America after eleven years of legal jujitsu. In the biggest antitrust recovery in history, Zenith settled for $10 million in its $61.7 million suit against...
...fight except his Youth Unlimited salary, a reported $7,000 a year) seemed satisfied enough. Said he after the fight: "I'm pleased to have met the champion. I found him exceedingly strong, exceedingly quick and exceedingly fair. I had a fantastic dream of fighting the champ. Mr. Cus D'Amato found it exciting and intriguing, and it came true...