NOTEBOOK: HARRIS STANDS TALL IN L.A. SPOTLIGHT.Byline: Michael Rosenthal Assistant Sports Editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper Roy Harris Roy Ellsworth Harris (February 12, 1898 in Chandler, Oklahoma, United States - October 1, 1979), was an American classical composer. He wrote much music on American subjects, becoming best known for his Symphony No. 3. has returned to the scene of the most significant moment of his boxing career. Harris fought heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American heavyweight boxing champion. At 21, Patterson became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship. He had a record of 55 wins 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by knockout. on Aug. 18, 1958, at the old Wrigley Field For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see . • • [ - the last world title fight in Los Angeles before Lennox Lewis defends his WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. belt against Vitali Klitschko on Saturday at Staples Center. Harris' only regret? ``I got whipped,'' he said. The previously unbeaten Texan was knocked out in the 13th round by Patterson, which Harris said was the result of bad planning. The 6-footer had lost so much weight on a high-protein diet leading up to the fight - he bottomed out at 178 pounds - that his handlers considered pulling out. He bulked up to 194 but was too weak to fight effectively, he said. ``I should've won it,'' said Harris, 70, who was flown in by promoters from his home in Cut and Shoot, Texas Cut and Shoot is a town located 6 miles east of Conroe, Texas and 40 miles North of Houston, Texas in eastern Montgomery County, Texas. The population was 1,158 at the 2000 census. . ``It was that high-protein diet; I was on it too long. I regained the weight, but it was too late. I didn't have enough energy.'' Harris, who never received another title shot, seems to have recovered from the disappointment. He loved the attention he received at the Lewis-Klitschko news conference Wednesday. He was interviewed by reporters, expressed his gratitude during formal introductions and smiled broadly as he was photographed between Lewis and Klitschko. Clearly, he reveled in the moment. ``It's wonderful that people still think of me after all these years,'' he said. ``I'm surprised anyone has ever heard of me.'' --Respect: Lewis has said he'll knock out Klitschko in the fifth round, which Klitschko turned into a compliment. ``Lennox gives me a lot of respect,'' he said. ``Before the (second Hasim) Rahman fight, he told me and my brother Wladimir that he'd knock Rahman out in two rounds. Now, he's giving me five. Thank you very much.'' --No Couch potato couch potato An Americanism for a sedentary person, usually ♂, whose predominant non-work activity consists in lying on a couch, watching TV. See Television intoxication 'syndrome.'. Cf Vigorous exercise. : Jane Couch, scheduled to fight Lucia Rijker on Saturday, is a pioneer in her native Great Britain. Women's boxing was banned there until she filed a sexual-discrimination claim against the British Boxing Board of Control The British Boxing Board of Control is the governing body of professional boxing in the Britain (boxing in Northern Ireland is governed by the Boxing Union of Ireland. It was formed in 1929. The Board is known for its unique scoring system. and won in 1998. She had been fighting in the United States before that. --Ticket watch: More than 10,000 tickets had been sold by Wednesday afternoon, according to promoter Gary Shaw. He believes that figure will approach 15,000 come fight time. Tickets remain in all price categories. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: VITALI KLITSCHKO Considers Lennox Lewis' fifth-round knockout prediction a sign of respect. |
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