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Following a nervous start, Catterall grew into the fight and gained control in the latter stages as Prograis desperately sought a knockout, twice sweeping himself off his own feet with attempted haymakers.

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The angle from which the video was shot obscures whether the haymaker thrown by Julio Urías struck his wife.

The stalky power forward, a son of a professional Congolese boxer, tried to match every American haymaker with a punch of his own.

“We just missed a few shots down that stretch when they were throwing haymakers, simple as that,” said Russell.

Notwithstanding the decorous and professional language of McAfee’s order, it lands several haymakers on Willis’ judgment and probity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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