Sport: All of a Sudden

"He's a deceiving guy," complained Fighter Nick Barone. "You think you're doing pretty good chasing him and banging him up on the inside. All of a sudden, you're tired. He hits you some sharp raps. You're on the floor and so fogged up you can't get up." Barone was trying to explain how it happened last week that Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles had knocked him down & out for the first time in Nick's career of 53 professional fights.

It was not the first time that lanky

Heavyweight (185 lbs.) Charles has befuddled his opponent. Four times since he took Joe Louis' vacated...

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