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# "The Jam" (Includes "The Exodus Has Begun" lyric interpolation)


Abdulrahim Abdulhameed

At the 2010 Asian Games, Abdulrahim was a win away from securing at least a bronze medal, but with about a minute into his quarterfinal bout against Kim Seong-Ho of South Korea, he began to feel dazed and short of breath while experiencing unbearable pain in his abdomen.

Ada Vélez

On June 21, 2002, Melissa Del Valle decisioned Vélez in Waco, Texas in the featured bout on an all-women's card featuring world champions Anne Wolfe, Sumya Anani, Delia Gonzalez and Kelsey Jeffries.

Adolpho Washington

He equally surprisingly lost the title to puncher Uriah Grant in his next bout, and never fought for a major title again.

Al Kaufman

Before that bout, Johnson had attended a match between Kaufman and Tony Ross held at the Fairmont Athletic Club in The Bronx on 13 April 1909.

Alfredo Escalera

Escalera had his first professional bout on September 4, 1970, against Bob Payzant, in Portland.

Ben Tackie

He lost his most recent bout to Matthew Hatton on 22 September 2008 on the undercard to Ricky Hatton's Light Welterweight title defence in Las Vegas.

Bristol Marunde

In his second fight for the promotion, Marunde faced promotional newcomer Viscardi Andrade in a welterweight bout on August 3, 2013 at UFC 163.

César Bazán

César lost a light-welterweight bout to Irish fighter Paul McCloskey on a decision in Donegal, Ireland, on 29 March 2008.

Clouds of Witness

The book is moved from 1926 to 1928, which results in an anachronism – Lord Peter meets briefly with the US Ambassador in Buckingham Palace and talks with the King, but at that point the King was actually desperately ill and recuperating from a bout of septicaemia.

Colma, California

Famed middleweight world champion Stanley Ketchel held six bouts at the Mission Street Arena in Colma, including two world middleweight title bouts against Billy Papke and a world heavyweight title bout against Jack Johnson.

Cory Hutchings

In 1994, he suffered from a debilitating bout of Hepatitis A which was picked up through water contamination at Manly, Sydney.

Corynne Charby

This song was also briefly parodied in a sketch by the comedian Gad Elmaleh, part of which went: "Qui c'est qu'a mangé un bout du flipper? C'est pas cool!".

Felix Sturm

Sturm set his sights on Montenegrin boxer Predrag Radošević in an non-title 12 round bout in his home nation of Germany.

Frederick S. Armitage

On June 9, 1899, Armitage was one of three Biograph cameramen to photograph the heavyweight championship bout between Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey, the finished film running a then-record time of 135 minutes.

George Masin

As an administrator, he has served at various times as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the USFA Metropolitan Division, a member of the USFA National Board of Directors, a Vice President of the USFA, an Executive Vice President of the USFA, a member of various USF national committees and commissions, and on the bout committee of various National Championships, Junior Olympics, and North American Circuit competitions.

Hammond Civic Center

On September 9, 2012, K.O. Sports Promotions hosted a boxing card for a capacity crowd at the Civic Center, with the main event featuring former USBO cruiserweight champion Carl Davis (boxer) in an eight round heavyweight bout against former number one heavyweight contender Bert Cooper.

I'll Get Along

I'll Get Along (foaled March 11, 1992 in Kentucky) is a Thoroughbred racehorse by Champion Sprinter Smile and out of the stakes winning Foolish Pleasure mare Don't Worry Bout Me, tracing tail female to the mother of all blue hens, La Troienne.

Ian Lewison

In September 2013, Lewison was named mandatory contender for the vacant Southeast Area title he fought Tom Dallas in an explosive bout where he stopped Dallas in the second round by TKO.

If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem

The Wild Palms is quoted in Jean-Luc Godard's 1959 film, Breathless ("À bout de souffle"), when Patricia claims to prefer to take "grief rather than nothing"; the same quote is cited in the 1986 John Hughes comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off, when Principal Rooney "consoles" Sloan while waiting in front of the school.

Jake O'Brien

O'Brien was expected to make his debut with the DREAM promotion on July 10 in a Light Heavyweight bout against former Strikeforce and DREAM Champion Gegard Mousasi at Dream 15.

Jessica Eye

Eye suffered her first loss on June 4, 2011 in an NAAFS professional women's flyweight championship bout against Aisling Daly.

Jo el Scott

In 2002, he was KO'd at the Playboy Mansion in a bout with unheralded Francis Royal and later dropped a fight by TKO to Ray Austin (boxer) in 2003, failing to come out for the eighth round.

Joan Guzmán

In the post-fight drug test after the bout against Davis, however, Guzman tested positive for Furosemide, a diuretic banned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and the same kind used by Ali Funeka who was suspended for nine months after the rematch with Guzman.

Juaquin Gallardo

In February 2007, Gallardo upset Lenin Arroyo to win the WBC Latino Light Welterweight Championship, the bout was held at the Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida.

Kevin Rooney

Kevin Rooney was the trainer of world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson from the start of his professional career in 1985, up until Tyson's bout with Michael Spinks in 1988.

Lamont Pearson

After four wins he was held to a draw in 1999 when he fought Philadelphia lightweight Anthony Washington (also 4-0 and an experienced amateur) in a six-round bout on an ESPN2 Friday Night Fights but received glowing remarks from ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas, who scored the fight for Pearson 57-56.

Lennox Lewis vs. Ray Mercer

The unofficial Associated Press scorecard had Mercer clearly winning the fight by the score of 97–93, while HBO's unofficial ringside scorer Harold Lederman scored the bout a draw 95–95.

Martín Castillo

Castillo received some exposure in this fight, as it was the first televised bout on the Pay-Per-View (PPV) fight card featuring the first match between boxing superstars Érik Morales and Manny Pacquiao.

Mike Tyson vs. Mitch Green

19–year old undefeated sensation Mike Tyson had previously met former heavyweight contender James "Quick" Tillis in his 20th professional bout.

Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward

Mikkel Kessler versus Andre Ward was a Super middleweight boxing contest between the number one and two on the WBA Super middleweight ranking - and the final bout in stage one of the Super Six World Boxing Classic.

Narsingh Pancham Yadav

In Summer Olympics 2012, Narsingh Yadav lost his opening bout against Matt Gentry of Canada in the 74kg freestyle event and was knocked out of the tournament.

Négritude

Novelist Norman Mailer used the term to describe boxer George Foreman's physical and psychological presence in his book The Fight, a journalistic treatment of the legendary Ali vs. Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" bout in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) in October 1974.

Nobuo Nashiro

Prior to this bout, the title became vacant because Munoz lost it to WBC champion Cristian Mijares who unified it.

Pedro Montañez

Impressive wins over formidable foes Eddie Ran, Wesley Ramey, and Freddie “Red” Cochrane set up a title bout with Ambers on the September 23, 1937, “Carnival of Champions” show at the Polo Grounds in New York City.

Randie Carver

In the fight against Kabary Salem in September 1999, Carver was headbutted repeatedly during the early rounds in a foul filled bout.

Roger Hollett

Following his fight with Hicks, Hollett returned to the Maximum Fighting Championship at MFC 19 on December 5, 2008 against Emanuel Newton in a bout for the vacant MFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

Rover's Morning Glory

On Saturday, July 16, 2005 Dieter fought professional boxer Eric “Butterbean” Esch in a bout billed as “War on the Shore”.

Ryan Rhodes

Rhodes lost his WBC light middleweight challenge bout against Saúl Álvarez with a technical knockout in the twelfth round on 18 June 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin

Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin, billed as Get Your Irish Up, is a Boxing Middleweight bout for The Ring world title and universally recognized Middleweight Championship of the World.

Solntsevskaya Bratva

He was reportedly noted during Viktor Bout arrest and had links to the meeting between Aslan Usoyan and Tariel Oniani.

Tatsumi Fujinami

His last title reign in NJPW was an IWGP Tag Team Championship with disciple Osamu Nishimura in October 2001, and his last title shot ever was an AJPW Triple Crown bout against Keiji Mutoh in December of the same year (Mutoh had not affiliated himself exclusively with AJPW at the time).

Todd Foster

Foster turned pro in 1989 and won his first 22 fights, setting up a bout with former champ Jimmy Paul in 1992.

Todd Hays

Winning his first bout against Koichiro Kimura via submission, Hays was set to face Rickson Gracie in his second fight of the tournament.

UFC 66

The card also saw the return of former Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski and The Ultimate Fighter 3 winner Michael Bisping's first bout in the UFC since winning that season.

UFC on Fox: Diaz vs. Miller

Johnny Bedford was expected to face Nick Denis at the event, but Bedford was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Roland Delorme.

Walker Law

Sammy Nable vs. Bobby Hanson possibly was the very first bout ever conducted under the law.

William A. Conway

Conway attended the Pingry School in Elizabeth, New Jersey but did not graduate due to a bout with rheumatic fever that sidelined him for several months.

World Series of Fighting 8: Gaethje vs. Patishnock

This event was supposed to feature the first WSOF Lightweight Championship bout between Justin Gaethje and Gesias Cavalcante.

Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jorge Solis

The Mexican was overwhelmed by a combination of quickness (hands and feet) and punching power that rivals another of Solis’ elite opponents, Manny Pacquiao, who had some trouble with Solis before stopping him in eight rounds in a junior lightweight bout in 2007.


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