![]() On the top of the box the word "TRAUMA" was printed in black ink.Ītlantic City has emerged in a scant four years as the boxing capital of the East. In the hallway under dazzling chandeliers were a stretcher and a large fisherman's tackle box. When Cade made his last, lunging bid at the handsome Tucker, whose hair cascades in shiny ringlets down his back, someone shouted, "Hit him in the hair." The ring girls wore skimpy silver suits advertising a diesel engine. The klieg lights of the ESPN cable TV network throbbed down on the blue ring. The plush red banquettes in the Sands headliner auditorium were filled with 850 people who sipped cocktails and cheered as Cade took his lumps. "Geez," said Cade, 28, "was it four times?" "Nah," said his trainer, "you got up off the deck four times." "It was my first time on television," said Cade as he recovered in a carpeted dressing room. The ring physician wouldn't let the bleary-eyed Cade answer the bell after that. Tony (TNT) Tucker of Detroit dropped him once in each of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth rounds. "I don't remember anything after the second knockdown."Ĭade hit the canvas four times in a scheduled eight-round Thursday night cofeature at the Sands Hotel and Casino. "Everybody says it was a tough fight," said the 243-pound heavyweight from Salina, Kan. ![]() Many people would like to forget what happened to them in this gambling city by the sea.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |