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Reading Comprehension Passage 1 Professional boxing has long been viewed askance (不以为然地) by the respectable elements of society. Generally banned by law in earlier days, the fighting was usually done with bare fists, and bouts (较量，比赛) often lasted forty or fifty rounds. In 1882 John L. Sullivan, a slugging fighter of great power, won the world heavyweight championship from Paddy Ryan in a bare-fisted battle marked by hitting, wrestling, scratching, and biting. Five years later, while fighting Pasty Cardiff at Minneapolis, Sullivan broke his right arm in the third round, but he continued figh