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HALIBURTON--COMPTON TURPIN--DUKE: Names That Loom Large in the World of Sport Following Last Week's Achievements

... often highly exciting and in which Turpin outboxed and outclassed his heavier opponent. Turpin might well have ended the contest sooner, hut it was not until the last round that he began to punch with his full power. TURPIN'S LEFT LEAD WHICH SHOOK COCKELL ...

Published: Saturday 21 June 1952
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 609 | Page: 31 | Tags: Photographs 

HOME NEWS IN HIGH SUMMER: WELCOMING FESTIVAL VISITORS FROM THE COLONIES; THE QUEEN AT COVENT GARDEN; THE ..

... connection with the Festival of Britain. fHE TRIUMPH OF RANDOLPH TURPIN, THE FIRST BRITISH CITIZEN SINCE BOB FITZSIMMONS TO GAIN THE MIDDLEWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD Turpin is seen (right) delivering a powerful right cross in his fight at ...

Published: Saturday 21 July 1951
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1124 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs 

A NIGHT OF DRAMA AT THE NEW YORK POLO GROUNDS: AMERICA'S SUGAR RAY ROBINSON DEFEATS RANDOLPH TURPIN OF BRITAIN ..

... temple. It was one moment's hesitation that cost Turpin the fight. Apparently at the start of this tenth round Robinson's left eye, as a result of a collision with Turpin, began to gush blood. When Turpin saw the blood he permitted himself a split-second ...

Published: Saturday 22 September 1951
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 730 | Page: 35 | Tags: Photographs 

TRAFALGAR DAY IN LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH: Princess Margaret Opens a Block of Flats in Peckham; the Princess Royal ..

... while Turpin in the early rounds displayed nothing of the hunter-killer technique which has made him the terror of the ring. In the last two rounds Turpin's pressure gained in intensity, and eventually he ended up a very easy winner on points. Turpin, it ...

Published: Saturday 01 November 1952
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1175 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs 

THE WAY OF THE WORLD

... ropes. It came as no surprise when Turpin was knocked down twice, once in the ninth round for a count of four which was interrupted by the bell the second time in the tenth round, when Turpin took a count of nine. Turpin was a gallant loser, and staged a ...

Published: Saturday 31 October 1953
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1179 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs 

THE HOME NEWS IN PICTURES: A SURVEY OF LAST WEEK'S EVENTS IN BRITAIN

... celebrate the 2,498th anniversary of the birth of Buddha. TURPIN REGAINS A BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP Two scenes during the contest between Turpin and Alex Buxton, of Watford, at Harringay last week. On left Turpin avoids a left from Buxton during the first round, ...

Published: Saturday 07 May 1955
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 831 | Page: 31 | Tags: Photographs 

SIDELIGHTS UPON HOME EVENTS

... FOR RANDOLPH TURPIN With the Mayor, Alderman 0. R. Davidson, Turpin leaves the Town Hall at Leamington, cheered by over 2,000 people who had gathered there to welcome him home from America. From a balcony of the Town Hall Randolp Turpin thanked the great ...

Published: Saturday 06 October 1951
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 471 | Page: 34 | Tags: Photographs 

THE DIDES AFFAIR: The Remarkable Espionage Case in Paris in which it is Alleged that Senior Civil Servants ..

... that the Communists were in possession of secret defence information. MADAME TURPIN APPEARS BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL The wife of one of the arrested Civil Servants, Rene Turpin, who was assistant to the Secretary-General for National Defence. A CIPHER ...

Published: Saturday 16 October 1954
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 602 | Page: 34 | Tags: Photographs 

HARRINGAY'S KNOCK-OUT EVENING: BRITISH BOXING STAGES A COME-BACK IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES; OXFORD ON THE ..

... It was the perfect knock-out. Turpin has first to beat Dave Sands, the Australian, before he can tilt at the Middleweight crown of Sugar' Ray Robinson. Sands and Turpin will meet in May. Within a few minutes of Turpin's victory at Harringay there was ...

Published: Saturday 10 March 1951
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1517 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs 

DISCOVERIES at an OLD COACHING INN

... stately minuet or rollicking Sir Roger de Coverley. The old coaching office remains in the same state as when the truculent Turpin who haunted the vicinity added a zest to travelling which the railroad has never given it. And the beams sup porting the low ...

Published: Saturday 23 September 1922
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 457 | Page: 30 | Tags: Photographs 

FROM LONDON TO THE COAST: A SURVEY OF THE HOME NEWS IN PICTURES

... charlock. LPH TURPIN IN TRAINING FOR HIS WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT WITH SUGAR RAY ROBINSON: The Prince of the Left lookers seen in a handsome white dressing gown as he walked with sparring partner Eddie Phillips and his brother Jackie Turpin :n the ring ...

Published: Saturday 23 June 1951
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1074 | Page: 31 | Tags: Photographs