Three years after his knockout in the eight round of the oral exam, Ted Hearns was back. Eager for the accreditation which had almost been his, the American boxer had trained two full years and was in peak physical condition for the rematch. Yet he was to go down in ignominious defeat again, for while he had not, the HSK test changed. Once a measure of sheer physical stamina, the examination had morphed into an intellectual challenge the likes of which he could scarcely have imagined.
Mark Lesson Studied