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Need an account? Click here to sign up. Download Free PDF. Adeyinka Makinde. A short summary of this paper. Standard among this tendency to polemize is that which matches fighters from different eras against each other. The question always is, 'How would this great fighter shape up against this other great fighter? The modalities informing such debate would typically involve estimating the fighter's 'quality of opposition,' solidity of chin; that is, his ability to withstand punches, stamina and endurance, punching power, defensive capability and so on.

While such arguments were restricted to drinking dens, boxing magazines and the sports pages of newspapers, the rapid development of technological facility, specifically in regard to the enhancement of the capabilities of computers, would add a new dimension. The specific 'match' between the two heavyweight champions had its roots in a radio programme devised by Murray Woroner, a boxing promoter from Miami, which pitted heavyweight boxing champions from disparate eras in a series of elimination contests which led to a 'final' and the crowning of a 'Champion of Champions.

Jefferies and in fact sued Woroner for defamation of character. A major part of the settlement involved Ali agreeing to participate in a computer match pitting him against the fighter who won the series of contests on Woroner's radio programme; Rocky Marciano.

While a computer would be the arbiter of who would emerge victorious, the difference here would be that the 'confrontation' between Ali and Marciano, would be visualised. This added a crucial dimension in attempting to make a match appear to be 'real;' something which could not be provided by the radio shows or from watching blips on a screen as both Dick Tiger and Roger Rouse had to do on the eve of their world light heavyweight confrontation in when an IBM Modal computer fashioned out a prediction of the outcome of their fight based on 2, items of information.

Marciano and Ali were a study of contrasts. Marciano was a 'brawler' while Ali was a 'boxer. Delight for this planet Super Sundae Dec 9, — To find some of the best, we spent 70 hours researching games, played 17 top contenders with 26 people, and interviewed board game Chapter Games as Systems of Information.

The true focus of the book was not the fighting, but more personal themes-the Upload a Thing! Customize a Thing. Download All Files. Select a Collection. Save to Collection. Tip Designer. Share this thing. Send to Thingiverse user. Remixed from: Select a Collection. Apr 12, Print Settings. May 18, May 17, Jun 20,