WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP POETRY BOUTS

Sherman Alexie wins World Heavyweight Championship. Photo by John Rudiak.

The “Main Event” of the Taos Poetry Circus is a two-poet competition designed as a ten-round boxing match in a ring, with referee, bell, ringperson and three judges. Championship Poetry Bouts are scored on the Illinois Ten Point Must System.

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1 •  FIRST TAOS POETRY CIRCUS – Gregory CORSO vs. Terry JACOBUS, plus Allen GINSBERG and Peter ORLOVSKY

 2 •  Lewis MacADAMS vs. Joanne KYGER

(Excerpts) 1985

 3 •  Lewis MacADAMS vs. Andrei CODRESÇU

1986

WBV-C  $29

 4 •  Andrei CODRESÇU vs. Victor HERNÁNDEZ CRUZ

1987

WBV-D  $29

 5 •  Victor HERNÁNDEZ CRUZ vs. Deborah SALAZAR

1988

WBV-E  $29

 6 •  Victor HERNÁNDEZ CRUZ  vs. Anne WALDMAN
“Battle Of The Bards” video by EZTV

1989

WBV-89   $29

7 •  Anne WALDMAN vs. Ed SANDERS

1990

WBV-F  $29

8 •  Anne WALDMAN vs. Ntozake SHANGE

1991

WBV-001  $29

9 •  Ntozake SHANGE vs. Simon ORTIZ

1993

WBV-002  $29

10 •  Simon ORTIZ vs. Quincy TROUPE

1994

WBV-003  $29

11 •  Quincy TROUPE vs. Bobbie Louise HAWKINS

1995

WBV-004  $29

12 •  Quincy TROUPE vs. Jimmy Santiago BACA

1996

WBV-005  $29

13 •  Jimmy Santiago BACA vs. Patricia SMITH

1997

WBV-006  $29

1998

WBV-007  $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.