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Name all the unseeded U.S. Open Tennis Singles Champions (Men and Women)

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unassuming said:
Name all the unseeded U.S. Open Tennis Singles Champions (Men and Women)
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Andre Agassi, Kim Clijsters ( knew who it was but had to look up the correct spelling.lol) must be others but those are the two I remember
 
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Answer: Toronto's NIcky Furlano, he beat "The Hitman" when they were amateurs.
Due to drugs and booze he retired at age 26

Furlano was the first boxer to go the distance (15 rounds) in a loss to Aaron Pryor in the inaugural IBF Jr. welter weight title fight in 1984.

 
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Furlano was the first boxer to go the distance (15 rounds) in a loss to Aaron Pryor in the inaugural IBF Jr. welter weight title fight in 1984.
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There probably weren't many fifteen round fights after that, but Pryor was in one more. Most title fights were reduced in length to 12 rounds following the death of Duk Koo Kim in the November, 1982 fight against Ray Mancini. Within nine months of that fight, Kim's mother and match referee Richard Green died by suicide.
 
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What former ATP tennis player made cameo appearances in 2 films of major box office movie franchises?

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When the Blue Jays celebrated with fans at Sky Dome after winning the '93 WS, Devon White asked the crowd "Where's the party at?!!", Devo was kind of disappointed as the crowd just cheered. What response from the fans was Devo expecting?

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These 2 questions relate to the Canada-Russia 1972 hockey summit.
1) Which player was the only one on Team Canada to play only one game?
2) Who was the 3rd string goalie on the Team Canada roster?
 
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These 2 questions relate to the Canada-Russia 1972 hockey summit.
1) Which player was the only one on Team Canada to play only one game?
2) Who was the 3rd string goalie on the Team Canada roster?
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1) Mickey Redmond
2) Bernie Parent
 
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onomatopoeia said:
There probably weren't many fifteen round fights after that, but Pryor was in one more
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This brought back memories of one of the best fights I ever saw. The 1982 15 rounder, 1st fight between Pryor and Arguello. Watched it at the old Grads Hotel in Ottawa. Room was packed and half the room was pulling for Pryor and the other half for Arguello. They literately tried to destroy each other in each round and it swayed back and forth with each of them looking like they had the other one on the ropes many times. It finally ended in the 14th round when Pryor launched an attack that Arguello wasn't able to defend against and the referee stepped in to stop the fight as Arguello (who wouldn't go down) couldn't defend himself.
 
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