Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 14, 1971
May 13, 1971
May 15, 1971
Transcript:
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen! The meeting of the champs! Calvin: Ned! Ned: Cal! Long time, man! Calvin: Ned, I thought you were in Algeria! Ned: No, man, I was acquitted. Came back and re-enrolled. Calvin: How's Eldridge doing? Ned: Beautiful, baby! How's your ol' lady?
I always* found it odd they didn’t know the names of their opponents ’til they got in the ring.
I had the paperbacks. I’m not quite old enough to remember the original run.