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Paul "Red" Casey fought back from a first period knockdown to take a split decision over Bob Finney in the round of 16 action of the New England Golden Gloves Tournament yesterday in Lowell, Mass...
Early in the thirteenth, however, Leonard opened up. A solid right to the jaw rocked Hearns, who quickly retreated. Sensing the kill, Leonard closed in. A barrage of punches sent Hearns through the ropes for the first knockdown of his professional career. Leonard spent the rest of the round chasing Hearns, and another combination sent the Detroit fighter to the canvas with five seconds left in the stanza...
Quick left jabs, followed by a devastating right cross. In the middle rounds, a knockdown, then a sustained comeback capped by a flurry of punches-leading to a TKO-in the 15th round...
...House, the controlling Democrats are no more eager for a knockdown fight than their Senate colleagues. Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas asserts that the Democrats will have to adopt a majority of the spending cuts and then concentrate on cutting taxes by less than Reagan proposes. Says he: "The combination of these two will have to result in a deficit projection no larger than Reagan's." While the Democrats will try to narrow social-spending cuts just enough to soften the wrath of their constituents among the disadvantaged, they will give the President enough to escape public censure...
...lone knockdown came in the sixth round when Hagler sent Obel to the canvas for the first time in his career with a crunching left hook. The challenger got up quickly and survived the rest of the round after taking a mandatory eight count from referee Octavio Meyran...