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Sun archives: At newer E. Baltimore gym, Lewis, still guides fighters
Special to The Baltimore SunThis past Halloween, on an unseasonably warm evening, the new Mack Lewis Boxing Gym, nestled in the shadows of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 900 block of North Bond Street, was alive with its usual activity. The night's soundtrack: the thud of padded...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Middleweight Boxing, College Baseball, Boxing, Mike Tyson
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Rahman shocks Lewis in title bout
Sun ReporterIn one of the most stunning upsets in recent boxing history, Baltimore's Hasim "The Rock" Rahman toppled world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis last night. His left eye swollen from an early hit by Lewis, Rahman suddenly landed a mighty right cross on...Tags: Lennox Lewis, John Murphy, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Boxing
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Holyfield tops Rahman after head butt
Sun StaffATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Being the older of the two fighters in last night's heavyweight bout, Evander Holyfield said he would out-think and outsmart the younger Hasim Rahman, which is another way of saying he would have to use his head. But last night,...Tags: Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Boxing, Mike Tyson, Retirement
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Baltimore's newest hero
Sun ReportersTwo days ago, Hasim "The Rock" Rahman was an unknown with a shot at the heavyweight boxing title. Today, a hamburger is named after him. Rahman's instant fame flows from a single punch that floored champion Lennox Lewis in a title fight that will go down...Tags: Regional Authority, University of Maryland, College Park, Boxing, Family, Television
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A heavyweight not to be taken lightly
Sun reportersHasim Sharif Rahman, who shocked the sports world last weekend by winning the heavyweight boxing crown, once was a tough kid in a tough neighborhood whom police dismissed as a street thug. But Rahman heeded a warning from a judge who offered probation...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Lawyers, Judges, Teen-agers, Lennox Lewis
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Down for count, he's still fighting
Sun StaffEDGEFIELD, S.C. - This is where the long, hard fall of Reggie Gross ends - in a two-man cell deep inside a maximum security prison on the piney outskirts of Strom Thurmond's rural hometown. He hasn't had a visitor in seven years. He hasn't seen his...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Middleweight Boxing, Madison Square Garden, Lawyers, Judges
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All aboard the Rahman bandwagon
COME ON. BE HONEST. Until a few day ago, if Hasim Rahman had come up to you on the street, introduced himself and forced you to guess if he was, a) a backup defensive back for the Ravens, b) a middle school science teacher, or, c) a heavyweight title...Tags: Art Modell, Lennox Lewis, Peter G. Angelos, Schools, Baltimore Ravens
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Listening to 'Old No. 5' remains easy delight for Orioles watchers
Sun StaffThe TV Repairman: There's a knack to listening to Brooks Robinson do an Orioles game on television. You want clubhouse chatter, full disclosure of what Cal Ripken had for breakfast or a bunch of tiresome and meaningless statistics, "Old No. 5," as...Tags: USA Network (tv network), Brooks Robinson, College Football, Marathon, NBC (tv network)
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Cruz, new Sands venue ready to deliver a knockout
When asked about the advance ticket sales for today's boxing card at Bethlehem's Sands Casino Resort — the first inside the recently opened Event Center — promoter Russell Peltz just smiled. "I don't think we have two dozen tickets left at...
Tags: Middletown, Lightweight Boxing, Allentown, NBC (tv network), Middleweight Boxing
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Former boxing champion Tapia found dead
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Five-time world champion Johnny Tapia was found dead in his Albuquerque home on Sunday. He was 45. Albuquerque police spokesman Robert Gibbs told the Albuquerque Journal officers were called to Tapia's home Sunday evening when a...
Tags: Boxing, Bantamweight, Featherweight Boxing
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PASSINGS: Richard W. Lyman, Johnny Tapia
Richard W. Lyman
Former president of Stanford University
Richard W. Lyman, 88, a former president and provost of Stanford University who clamped down on student protests during the Vietnam War era, died Sunday of congestive heart failure in Palo Alto,...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Wars and Interventions, Colleges and Universities, Stanford University, Boxing
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BRIEFS/WORLD
BOXING Tapia dies at 45 Johnny Tapia, the five-time boxing champion whose turbulent career was marked by cocaine addiction, alcohol, depression and run-ins with the law, was found dead Sunday at his Albuquerque, N.M. home. He was 45. Authorities...Tags: College Sports, Nick Fairley, Lacrosse, Boxing, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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