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Ziggy Out in 96 Seconds

NEW YORK, QUARRY NEXT FOR

FRAZIER ON WAY TO ELLIS?

Dave Zyglewicz hits the floor for the second and last time as Joe Frazier heads for a neutral corner. Referee Jimmy Webb is about to start
the fatal toll of ten over the transplanted Texan, who was finished after 1 :36 of the first round.

By HARLAN HAAS

had happened to him. He never before bad been on the deck
H OUSTON, Tex.-The sun went down. The skyscrapers in his pro career, which encompassed 29 battles. He scrambled
cast an eerie shadow, and a black cloud hung over the
Coliseum which housed the Joe Frazier-Dave Zyglewicz
get-together. A perfect setting for murder. up at the count of six.
He tore into Frazier, and let go with a clubbing right to
Well, a murder didn't take place, but nearly did. What hap- the head that made Joe wince. Ziggy started to go to the body
pened to Zig was that he got caught cold, and never had an with a flurry, but Frazier fired the left hook again, and fortu~
opportunity to get untracked. He was knocked out in 96 sec- nately Li'l David blocked it.
onds, and now, on June 23, in New York, Joe Frazier will Three left digs to Ziggy's body had him in obvious distress.
meet Jerry Quarry He tried to go into a crouch, and fight out of his customary
Frazier, the heavyweight who is recognized as world's champ bob and weave style. A Frazier right uppercut jolted his head
in six states, said he'd end hostilities as quickly as possible, back. Ziggy missed with a left. Then, as Dave started a left
and he kept his word. Dave Zyglewicz said he'd come out book, Frazier beat him to it with one of his own. Ziggy went
smokin', just like Frazier, and he did. down as if pole-axed.
The bell rang, and they met head on. Ziggy, one-time heavy- Dave stirred slightly at the count of eight, but he had received
weight champ of the Atlantic Fleet and more recently of Texas, his ticket to dreamland. Referee Jimmy Webb counted 10.
tossed a left and right which Frazier brushed away. The chal- A visit to the dressing rooms found Frazier in a jubilant
lenger blocked a Frazier hook, then moved in quickly to the mood, and why shouldn't he have been happy. He made a hunk
attack. But a jolting left book caught him on the temple. He of money, successfully defended his position, and clinched a
dropped to the deck. A pained expression crossed his face. It lucrative shot against Quarry in New York. Joe had a small
was a study in utter amazement as he realized something new mouse above the right eye, and a trace of a cut reddened his
10 THE RING