In general, the guitar's soundbox can be thought of as composed of two connected chambers: the upper bouts and lower bouts ( a bout being the rounded corner of an instrument body ), which meet at the waist, or the narrowest part of the body face near the soundhole.

On the first day of the tournament, a bout of individual jousting, a mysterious masked knight, identifying himself only as " Desdichado " ( which is described in the book as Spanish for the " Disinherited One ", though actually meaning " Unfortunate "), makes his appearance and manages to defeat some of the best Norman lances, including Bois-Guilbert, Maurice de Bracy, a leader of a group of " Free Companions " ( mercenary knights ), and the baron Reginald Front-de-Boeuf.

) While on tour in Europe in 1997, McDaniels ongoing battle with substance abuse led to a bout of severe depression, which spurred an addiction to prescription drugs.

A year later, following his bout of pneumonia which had left him bed-ridden for several weeks, he scored 52 not out and took 5 wickets against a Somerset XI.

Valentino won the bout which took place on the roof of New York's Ambassador Hotel.

In May 1455, just over five months after Henry VI recovered from a bout of mental illness and Richard of York's regency had ended, Margaret called for a Great Council from which the Yorkists were excluded.

# Lutes-instruments in which the strings are supported by a neck and a bout (" gourd "), for instance a guitar, a violin, a saz.

After the winner is declared, an off-stage gyōji ( or referee ) determines the kimarite ( or winning technique ) used in the bout, which is then announced to the audience.

At the center are two white lines, the shikiri-sen, behind which the wrestlers position themselves at the start of the bout.

Extremely rarely a bout can go on for many minutes ( up to four minutes ), in which case the referee or one of the judges sitting around the ring may call a mizu-iri or " water break ".

A rematch of the Wrestlemania III feature bout, once again pitting Champion Hulk Hogan against Andre the Giant on Main Event, was seen by 33 million people, which is still the record for the most watched wrestling match in North America.

In November 1989 agreement was reached on yet another standby with the IMF, but again the arrangement was ended prematurely, followed by another bout of hyper-inflation, which reached 12, 000 % per year.

Two of the fights were draws, including their last fight on 22 September 1918, which was also Battling Jim's last pro bout.

" The Explosive Thin Man " suffered an unavenged first round TKO loss in his 1968 professional debut, but then won 36 of his next 38 bouts, which then led him to a world Featherweight championship bout against experienced WBA champion Ernesto Marcel of Panama in Panama.

Peary returned the favor in a memorable 1944 Fibber McGee & Molly episode in which neither of the title characters appeared: Jim Jordan was recovering from a bout of pneumonia ( this would be written into the show the following week, when the Jordans returned ), and the story line involved Gildersleeve and nephew Leroy hoping to visit the McGees at home during a train layover in Wistful Vista, but finding Fibber and Molly not at home.

She traveled to Cologne, Germany for a bout against Regina Halmich, in May 2000 which she lost.

He later appeared on the show in episodes " The Wheaton Recurrence ", which involves a bout at a bowling alley, and " The 21-Second Excitation " at a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Serrano suffered a foot injury for which she underwent surgery, but in 1999 she came back and won a decision in her comeback bout.

On 23 June 2006, Plant was the headliner ( backed by Ian Hunter's band ) at the Benefit For Arthur Lee concert at New York's Beacon Theatre, a show which raised money for Lee's medical expenses from his bout with leukaemia.

Her best remembered work today is her semi-autobiographical short story The Yellow Wallpaper which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis.

That set up a non-title bout with lightweight king Lou Ambers, which Montanez won in a 10 round decision — he was thereafter dubbed the “ uncrowned champion .” 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.

The bout set the pay-per-view record for a non-heavyweight fight with 1. 4 million buys, until it was broken by the De La Hoya-Mayweather boxing match, which was held on May 5, 2007.

Roman would die in a car crash the next year, and all chances of a fourth bout between the two, which was a possibility that was being talked about, were dashed with Roman's death.

Although PAGAD's leadership denied involvement, PAGAD's G-Force, operating in small cells, was believed responsible for killing a large number of gang leaders, and also for a bout of urban terrorism — particularly bombings — in Cape Town.

This can happen a number of times ( about three, or even more in the case of the highest ranks ) until on the last occasion the referee informs them they must start the bout.

For bouts involving yokozuna and ozeki the number of sponsors of the matchup can be quite large, whereas for lower ranked matchups there may be no bout sponsors at all unless one of the wrestlers is particularly popular, or unless a company has a policy of sponsoring all his matchups.

Carpentier was also a referee during the early stages of his career, supervising a number of fights including the world title bout between Jack Johnson and Frank Moran in June 1914.

The fight was beset with a number of controversies and odd happenings, the first coming before the bout started, when a man with a weapon tried to gain access to Arguello's dressing room.

He beat Limón in their third bout, and the WBC once again made him their number one challenger.

Fenech only took six professional fights to become the number one contender, and he placed in fifth place all time for the boxer who got to fight for the world title the fastest after beginning his career when he challenged Satoshi Shingaki for the IBF title in only his seventh bout, displacing the second Davey Moore, and trailing Leon Spinks, Saensak Muangsurin, Pete Rademacher and Rafael Lovera.

A Lot About Livin ' ( And a Little ' bout Love ), his third album, accounted for the number one hits " She's Got the Rhythm ( And I Got the Blues )" ( which Travis co-wrote ) and " Chattahoochee ", plus the top five hits " Tonight I Climbed the Wall ", " Mercury Blues " and "( Who Says ) You Can't Have It All ".

Several of their songs have also reached the Billboard Hot 100, with the number 25 peaks of " Ain't Nothing ' bout You " and " Red Dirt Road " being their highest there.

On August 11, 2004, Williams won the X Division Championship in a twenty-two man Gauntlet for the Gold match, entering at number eleven and pinning The Amazing Red to win the bout.

:* Round ( boxing ), a time period within a bout ; a number of rounds comprise a bout

The original plan for the main event was the long awaited bout between Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship, the meeting between the two legends was even promoted on television in a mock press conference where WWF President Jack Tunney had announced Hogan as the number one contender to Flair's WWF Championship.

Hendricks is expected to face Martin Kampmann on November 17, 2012 at UFC 154 in a number one contendership bout for the UFC Welterweight Championship.

In 2005, after another bout of writer's block and debilitating depression, Paul and the band went to Los Angeles to make album number 5, Desert Lights, which again displayed another leap in Paul's songwriting abilities and unique observations on the world around him.

In this bout, Coetzee threw a great number of left hooks while applying his trademark pressure.

The bout was notable for a number of reasons: Harris was an overwhelming favorite and is regarded as one of the best boxers at the weight and Maussa ’ s awkwardly clever style and frequent clowning gestures and facial expressions lent him an air of amateurishness.

Accidental fouls that cause injury ending a bout may lead to a " no contest " result, or else cause the fight to go to a decision if enough rounds ( typically four or more, or at least three in a four-round fight ) have passed.

Bouts consist of three rounds of three minutes in the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, and three rounds of three minutes in a national ABA ( Amateur Boxing Association ) bout, each with a one-minute interval between rounds.

His last truly noteworthy fight was on July 24, 1924, with Gene Tunney at the Polo Grounds in New York ; Carpentier lost the bout by TKO after fifteen rounds.

Johnson would begin a bout cautiously, slowly building up over the rounds into a more aggressive fighter.

While many hoped for an immediate rematch, Taylor moved up in weight in his next bout and the fighters did not meet again until 1994 when Chávez dominated and then knocked out a faded Taylor in eight rounds.

The bout was scheduled for 10 rounds.

One of the least action packed rounds was still a very good round, and Pintor took it by outmaneuvering Gómez for the first time in the bout.

For his 24th bout, he traveled to Panama City, where he met future world Featherweight champion Ernesto Marcel, who beat him on points in 10 rounds.

Ortiz retained the title by a knockout in 4 rounds, and this time the bout went without any controversies.

Turpin put together a string of 16 wins in a row, all over the United Kingdom, until drawing with Mark Hart over six rounds in his last bout of 1947.

The bout that helped put him in the media spotlight occurred on June 25, when Louis knocked out a former World Heavyweight Champion, the 6 ' 6 ", 265-pound Primo Carnera, in six rounds.

The bout was closely contested and went the entire 15 rounds, with Louis being unable to knock Farr down.

Cerdan then ran a streak of 47 wins in a row between that first bout and January 4, 1939, when he lost for the first time, to Harry Craster by a disqualification in five rounds in London.

Faced with world champion Christy Martin at the Félix Trinidad-David Reid Pay Per View undercard, Laracuente lost a decision in eight rounds, in a bout that HBO Boxing commentator Jim Lampley said that he personally thought Laracuente should have won it by 78 to 74 on his unofficial score.

He once again dropped Duran in round one, but this time Duran rebounded and dominated the bout, retaining the title by a knockout in eleven rounds.

Among those wins was an easy 10-round decision over heavyweight contender Hans Kalbfell in Germany, a knockout in 7 rounds over highly ranked Tony Anthony to retain the light heavyweight title, a one-sided 10-round decision over light heavyweight contender Eddie Cotton in a non-title bout and a 4th round knockout of future top ten heavyweight contender Roger Rischer.

He beat Archibald by a decision in ten rounds and, in his next bout, challenged Abe Denner for the New England-area Featherweight title.

After 12 ferocious rounds the bout was controversially declared a draw.

In his first bout, at the 1947 Golden Gloves, he suffered a broken nose and lost by technical knockout in two rounds to Myron Greenberg.

St. John, coming up two weight classes, lost the bout but fought toe-to-toe with Martin all ten rounds for a credible performance.

In his next bout, he and Thomas had a rematch and Ketchel won, by knockout in 32 rounds.

It was a hard pressed fight by both men, each displaying terrific hitting power for all six rounds of the short bout.