But by the time the risk was doubled, events had dismissed from his mind both increased percentages and a previously stated intention of considering carefully anything more serious than a bout of influenza.

From his first bout with the canny Woodruff, Pike had learned that it was better not to attack him directly, so, harping on the theme that the cost of printing was too high, he condemned the governor for permitting such a state of affairs to exist.

A " no decision " bout occurred when, by law or by pre-arrangement of the fighters, if both boxers were still standing at the fight's conclusion and there was no knockout, no official decision was rendered and neither boxer was declared the winner.

By 301, however, the system was in trouble, strained by a new bout of inflation.

Most notably, Fujiwara was the first non-Thai to win an official Thai boxing title, when he defeated his Thai opponent in 1978 at Rajadamnern Stadium winning the lightweight championship bout.

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.

Compounding Clemente's condition was a case of food poisoning, a previously injured ankle, and a bout with malaria.

He was an enthusiastic singlestick player and, according to Harper's Weekly, in 1905 showed up at a White House reception with his arm bandaged after a bout with General Leonard Wood.

Carlisle never actually played with the band, owing to her being sidelined by a bout of mononucleosis for an extended period, and she was replaced by her friend Donna Rhia, real name: Becky Barton, who played three gigs and recorded their first single.

The tour was suspended during Nicks's bout with chronic fatigue syndrome and developing addiction to tranquilizers, though it resumed in 1988.

One of his most famous fights was against Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson, in a 6 round exhibition bout.

This was Johnson's first bout since winning the heavyweight title from Tommy Burns.

With his first professional bout at age 14, he was welterweight champion of France and of Europe in 1911, middleweight champion of Europe in 1912, and light heavyweight champion of Europe in 1913.

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.

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.

Roderick James " Jess " McMahon was a boxing promoter whose achievements included co-promoting a bout in 1915 between Jess Willard and Jack Johnson.

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.

It is also worth noting that Rivers's younger brother Charles was also a high achiever at the school ; he too was awarded with the Good Work prize and would go on to become a civil engineer until, after a bad bout of malaria contracted whilst in the Torres Straits with his brother, he was prompted by the elder Rivers to take up outdoor work.

" Real life " affected Mussorgsky painfully in 1865, when his mother died ; it was at this point that the composer had his first serious bout of either alcoholism or dipsomania.

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.

Many of boxing's biggest fights were held at Madison Square Garden, including the Roberto Durán-Ken Buchanan affair, and the first Joe Frazier – Muhammad Ali bout.

In December 1908, Burns became the first fighter to agree to a heavyweight championship bout with an African American boxer, Jack Johnson, to whom he lost his title in a match held in Sydney.

His first professional bout was held on February 6, 1963.

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.

The bout was held in a 32, 000 seat stadium erected in a Caesar's Palace Parking lot, with millions more watching around the world.

The boxing world championship bout held on March 17, 1990 between WBC Jr. Welterweight world champion Julio César Chávez of Mexico and IBF world champion Meldrick Taylor of the United States was a historic boxing match.

In a bout held at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California on November 3, 1987, against Mexico's Juan Estrada, Dávila suffered an accidental headbutt and was given the victory through a technical decision.

In his first bout there, he met Gaby Farland, who held him to a draw.

Their fourth bout, held on December 11, 1982 in Sacramento, was the first bout in their series with a world championship involved.

Though Tamura was a highly respected fighter who held wins over the likes of Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn, and Renzo Gracie, he was giving up 150 lbs to his foe and was quickly overwhelmed by the much-larger American, succumbing to strikes just 11 seconds into the bout.

Nigel Benn himself has also helped to raise funds for McClellan's treatment, and the two men would meet again for the first time since their bout at a fundraiser held in London on February 24, 2007.

He then went on to win the British, European and world flyweight titles from Jackie Brown in an historic bout held in Manchester on 9 September 1935.

: A great feast and drinking bout is held.

Due to Jackon's retina damage which had required surgery, the British Boxing Board of Control didn't allow him to box in the UK, so the bout was held at Torrequebrada Hotel & Casino, Benalmadena, Andalucía, Spain on 24th November, 1990.

round knockout win over Josue Marquez in Puerto Rico ( in the first world title bout ever held at Roberto Clemente Coliseum ) and a 15 round decision against future world Lightweight champion Esteban De Jesús.

* 29 March — Jem Ward fails to take part in a scheduled bout with Simon Byrne and so is held to have forfeited the Championship of England, which falls to Byrne by default.

He later defended the title against unknown Choi Chung-Il of Korea, stopping the gritty challenger in the 11th round of a controversial bout held in Manila in January 1982.

Two eight-man brackets were set up and the quarter finals and semi finals were held at Pride Bushido 9, along with an alternate bout in each bracket.

Sometimes, a title bout was held five years after the last title bout in that division had been held.

As a climactic end to the feud, their following bout was originally scheduled to be held as a steel cage match.

While similar in profile and nature to WWE's original large scale steel-structured match, Hell in a Cell, the Elimination Chamber match is strictly a six participant match wherein two participants begin the bout in the ring as the remaining four are held within each inner enclosure and are released into the match at five minute intervals.