Word: middleweight
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AARON CARLOS GIVES a lackluster performance as the strong and relatively silent Nick, a problem compounded by his slight build and hennaed hair, which do not fit the image of the All-American middleweight champ on the make. This is disconcerting, but rarely diverts our attention from the drama of George and Martha...
Lamar was also lauded for his willingness to make controversial decisions. He once suspended middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson after the fighter walked out on a Boston Garden fight. He also invited controversy by having Massachusetts withdraw from the National Boxing Association...
...VEGAS, Nev.--Marvelous Marvin Hagler knocked down Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns and stopped him at 2:01 of the third round of a savage fight for Hagler's undisputed middleweight title Monday night...
Make that North Americans. Seemingly, nothing could impede the march of two Canadians, Light Middleweight Shawn O'Sullivan, 22, and Heavyweight Willie deWit, 23, to the finals. The two white fighters were featured in promoter's-dream match-ups with black Americans Frank Tate, 19, and Tillman, 24. O'Sullivan's war with Tate was an Olympic highlight, a furious battle during which Tate was twice given standing eight counts before rallying to win unanimously. Earlier, O'Sullivan had been tattooed during the semifinals by a tough Frenchman named Christophe Tiozzo, and won only when...
...controversies were largely rooted in the idiosyncrasies of Olympic scoring, which rewards boxing, not brawling. Under the rules, a cleanly landed jab counts as much as a knockdown blow; in three 3-min. rounds, the objective is to be effectively aggressive, not lethal. Despite a strong third round, U.S. Middleweight Virgil Hill, 20, lost a split decision in the finals to Joon-Sup Shin because the South Korean had outpointed him in earlier rounds. On the judge's part, it takes surgical concentration to count the blows and apportion their weight. Spectators conditioned by the blood sport...