Ali Says He Is 35 Percent Fit For Wepner Title Fight
Heavyweight champion Mohammad Ali, insisting he is 35 percent fit now and will reach 50 by fight time, plans to defend the title March 24 against eighth-ranked Chuck Wepner at the Richfield Coliseum. He outlined a plan to test Wepner with early offense, then evade on the ropes as the challenger tires, and promised to display his Bolo punch with advisor Kid Gavilan present.
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Fisk Breaks Thumb For Red Sox In Spring Action
Carlton Fisk is out with a broken arm after being hit by a pitch from Detroit’s Fred Holdsworth. The injury shelves Fisk for about two months, souring Boston’s exhibition loss 6-2. Meanwhile Mets’ Joe Torre injures ankle in a separate exhibition, with Seaver and Kingman shining in a 3-0 Mets win.
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Norwalk High Spring Sports Schedule Summary
Norwalk High lists spring events across boys and girls track, baseball and tennis with dates from April 1 to May 15. The schedule covers multiple away and home matches against Ashland Perkins Shelby Bucyrus Clyde Tiffin Bellevue Lake Galion Willard and Upper Sandusky with sectional weeks noted.
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Tourney Scores Regional Ohio High School Basketball Results
The Ohio high school tournament results show McKinley topping Youngstown South 92 in Canton and Trotwood Madison beating Middletown 65 60 while Alter defeats Roger Bacon 84 73 in Dayton and Kalida edges Riverdale 52 51 in Bowling Green. Fourteen all time sports greats including Roy Campanella and Elgin Baylor are set to be inducted into the Black Athletes Hall of Fame at an awards banquet in Las Vegas.
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Norwalk High Seeks Northern Ohio League All-Sports Title
Norwalk High sits third with 272 points in the Northern Ohio League all-sports race heading into spring track baseball and tennis. Galion leads at 33, Shelby 282, Bellevue 26, Willard 24, Tiffin Columbian 21 12, Bucyrus 20, Upper Sandusky 14 22. Norwalk earned 10 for wrestling and eight for football, plus six in cross country, two in golf and 12 in basketball.
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