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Jul 16, 2022 · But Rocky roared back, stunning the champ so badly he walked to the wrong corner at the bell. Round three saw Zale give Graziano a real working over, slicing open his other eye, his left, and then ...
Jul 11, 2004 · Rocky Graziano won the middleweight championship belt by a 6th round TKO over Tony Zale. It was said the two fighters ripped each other apart until the referee stopped the bout in the sixth round, when Graziano landed a barrage of punches to Zale as he went down against the ropes. Rocky later wrote in his book, “This was no boxing match.
May 26, 2021 · Zale knocked Graziano down in the first round with a left hook. After hurting Graziano early in the second round, Zale was rocked by a right. In the third round, Zale dropped Graziano for a seven-count with a left hook, then knocked him out with another left hook. Zale became the third boxer to regain the middleweight title. Professional record
Feb 12, 2021 · Rocky Graziano is remembered as a legendary boxer. His record as a professional boxer was 67-10-6. He held the middleweight title after defeating Tony Zale in 1946. Graziano is still considered one of the most successful boxers in the sport. During his boxing career, he fought some of the best middleweights of the time.
Rock versus Steel. On July 16, 1947, Rocky Graziano scored a come-from-behind sixth-round stoppage over “Man of Steel” Tony Zale to capture the middleweight championship of the world, and avenge a stoppage defeat, at the Chicago Stadium. The official time was 2:10. Graziano, who was knocked out in six rounds by Zale less than nine […]
