Sentences with word «prizefight»

In London against Nigel Benn, McClellan didn't quit either, though the fight ended with him bending one knee to the canvas and the referee counting to 10; no, against Benn, McClellan fought until his brain was bleeding — until he walked back to his corner and collapsed, a blood clot growing inside his skull that would soon spark a renewed debate over the morality of prizefighting.

Brock was up against it with many observers sceptical about Lesnar's transition from sport's entertainment to prizefighting at the highest level

There's much to gawp at in Jacques Audiard's intense, oddball romance - Marion Cotillard legless below the knee after an accident at work training theme - park killer whales; bareknuckle, backyard prizefighting for Matthias Schoenaerts» drifting single parent; and their fiery sexual rendezvous.

Charlie is a down - and - out former boxer turned sleazy fight promoter on the underground robot boxing circuit in a world where machines have replaced humans as prizefighting combatants.

But before all that, Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber) was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on The Greatest in a highly publicized title match.

Before Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber) goes fifteen rounds with Muhammed Ali, he's a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career.

Telling the story of a time when human prizefighting had been abolished, it starred Lee Marvin as the owner of a broken - down robot boxer.

Three months ago a millionaire businessman named Blaise D'Antoni organized Louisiana Boxing Enterprises, Inc. to stage prizefights in New Orleans.

Those results were not lost on the Tigers heading into this year «s NorCal prizefight.

The committee has an excellent opportunity to dig deep and fully expose the dirt that has encrusted the Norris - dominated prizefight racket.

The atmosphere in Atlanta and Louisville was not unlike the run - up to a major prizefight, with Arkansas, the No. 1 seed, and Indiana, the No. 2, sending signals to each other from opposite sides of the draw.

On weekends though, Adonis heads down to Mexico for under the radar prizefights, having the need to box in his blood.

The summer prizefight continues, and we've got great seats.

Contenders abound: Netflix and Amazon (both of which also won their first Oscars on Sunday night) are currently slugging it out over the rights to the hottest properties at festivals from Park City to Berlin in a global prizefight for Oscar gold.

The showdown between its protagonists has all the makings of a classic prizefight — a clash between two underdogs, both blinded by vanity and fighting to redeem their mangled reputations.

It's an all American prizefight as Jonny heads north to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to hot lap these two monsters with pro race driver Randy Pobst.

From bare - knuckle prizefighting and Prohibition to sweet barbershop harmonies, the Kennedy assassination, and beyond, James's family is caught up in the sweep of history.

While you won't get one from a real prizefight if you don't like the outcome, that's not the case when you buy jewelry at James Allen and Blue Nile.

Whether you're a retired prizefighting rooster or a pig that sings platitudes to the crowd, there's only one way to find out whether you've got what it takes to win this election!

Innocent of prizefighting's bad old ways, these gentlemen hope by their example to put an end to the exploiting of boxers.

Now Brendan, struggling to provide for his family, is eying his past career for quick cash, while Tommy wants to turn to prizefighting for reasons we don't learn right away.

Starting a business is like a prizefight, you can project a path but the road is still full of surprise punches.

I encountered lines like «starting a business is like a football game» and «launching a business is like skateboarding in a half pipe» as well as «starting a business is like a prizefight» and «starting a business is like bowling for the first time.»

He sent her to a prizefight and included her on the team of reporters that covered the 1990 Super Bowl.

By the end of the week I had slipped into my wallet a small picture of Swaps that remained there, ultimately in lamination, for nearly three decades (until a thief lifted my wallet the night of a prizefight at Madison Square Garden).

I always hoped that he would continue doing that but it looks like he's headed towards... well, prizefighting.

The inconsistency of Elijah's edict — he permitted Ali to fight even after he was ordained in the Muslim ministry, but now says that prizefighting is forbidden somewhere in the Koran — has spread confusion among those closest to the situation.

For the last four years word has passed in prizefighting that another such figure has entered the business — an immensely wealthy woman in Houston who has adored the prize ring from the moment her parents took a glamorous three - day train ride to New York in June 1938 and she saw Joe Louis knock out Max Schmeling in the first round.

He even committed the cardinal sin of prizefighting: threatening a defenseless referee.

The gang convinces the boxer on the run to enter a prizefight to win stakes for a future gasoline station.

strongman (Hafpor Julius Bjornsson) in a prizefight with a $ 2 million purse.

Bellows's dramatic, evocative paintings of prizefights, such as Stag at Sharkey's and Both Members of This Club (both 1909), date from this period as well; they remain among his most famous works.

Like a rowdy crowd watching a prizefight, «nearly 100 people saw it all up and they were jumping for joy,» says the tour's guide.According to The Daily Telegraph, the two tour boats were traveling along the flood plains of the south Alligator River when the cold - blooded battle was underway.

By way of backgound, Patrick Crowthers and Derek Daku of Saskatchewan's Prestige Fight Club have the dubious honour of being the first to be successfully prosecuted for hosting an illegal «prizefight» since section 83 of Canada's Criminal Code was overhauled by Bill S - 209.

By way of backgound, Patrick Crowthers and Derek Daku of Saskatchewan's Prestige Fight Club have the dubious honour of being the first to be successfully prosecuted for hosting an illegal «prizefight»...