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Britain's Dick Francis was once a champion steeplechase rider; since 1964 he has been booting home thrillers about horse racing. In KNOCKDOWN (Harper & Row; 217 pages; $6.95), his 15th, Francis penetrates the roseate façade of Ascot and Newmarket to examine the seamy, ruthless world of horseflesh peddlers. His laconic hero, Jonah Dereham, an ex-jock turned agent, refuses to play along with a ring of crooked horse traders. A loner, like most of Francis' characters, Dereham learns the hard way that "all's fair in love, war and bloodstock": he is savagely beaten, pitchforked...
...also touched ground once, in the ninth round, after tripping over the challenger's foot. Referee Tony Perez ruled it a knockdown and gave the surprised Louisville, Ky., native a mandatory eight-count...
...separate economy and energy programs proposed last week by President Ford and the Democratic majority in Congress reflect important philosophical divisions that presage a knockdown fight over the future direction of national policy. A comparison of the main points in each program...
...Foreman's clumsy roundhouse swings. Then Ali exploded with a wicked flurry of punches that sent Foreman reeling. Sensing the kill, Ali ended the fight with a sharp left and a powerful right to the head that dropped Foreman to the floor for the first and last knockdown of the fight. Moments later, Foreman was counted out and Ali's handlers and fans stormed the ring to cheer the new champion. Foreman later claimed it was a quick count, but a review of the video tape showed that Referee Zack Clayton had reached 10 before Foreman...
...fight of the day was between Wilbur "Cool Breeze" McClarnon of Lowell and Alan Bozer of Adams. The "Cool Breeze" blew away Bozer's first round effort. Coming back, Bozer scored a knockdown in the second round which took the wind out of McClarnon's attack...