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WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS The “Main Event” of the Circus.Ten rounds of poetry in a boxing ring, with referree, bell, judges & ring person. Bouts are scored on the Illinois Ten Point Must System. 

CATALOG#  COST   
1 1st TAOS POETRY CIRCUSTerry JACOBUS vs. Gregory CORSO plus Allen GINSBERG and Peter ORLOVSKY 
(excerpts)1982 WBV-A $29
2 Joanne KYGER vs. Lewis MacADAMS
(excerpts) 1985 temporarily O.P. WBV-B $15
3 André CODRESÇU vs. Lewis MacADAMS
1986 WBV-C $29
4 Victor Hernández CRUZ vs. André CODRESCU
1987 WBV-D $29
5 Deborah SALAZAR vs. Victor Hernández CRUZ WBV-E $29
1988
6 Ed SANDERS vs. Anne WALDMAN
1990 WBV-F $29
7 Ntozake SHANGE vs. Anne WALDMAN
1991 WBV-001 $29
8 Simon ORTIZ vs. Ntozake SHANGE
1993 WBV-002 $29
9 Quincy TROUPE vs. Simon ORTIZ
1994 WBV-003 $29
10 Bobbie Louise HAWKINS vs. Quincy TROUPE
1995 WBV-004 $29
11 Jimmy Santiago BACA vs. Quincy TROUPE
1996 WBV-005 $29
12 Patricia SMITH vs. Jimmy Santiago BACA
1997 WBV-006 $29
13 Sherman ALEXIE vs. Jimmy Santiago BACA
1998 WBV-007 $29
14 Wanda COLEMAN vs. Sherman ALEXIE
1999 WBV-008 $29
15 Bob HOLMAN vs. Sherman ALEXIE
2000 WBV-009 $29
16 Saul WILLIAMS vs. Sherman ALEXIE
2001 WBV-010 $29
17 Pat PAYNE vs. Saul WILLIAMS
2002 WBV-011 $29
18 Willie PERDOMO vs. PAT PAYNE
2003 WBV-012 $29
After the 2001 Bout, the only four-time World Heavyweight Poetry Champ, Sherman"The Shermanator" Alexie, hung up his gloves and retired from the ring.
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