Description
Tony Zale
Alias: Man of Steel
Record: 67-18-2
45 KOs 5 KOs
Division: Middle
Bouts: 87
Career: 1934-1948
Debut: 1934-06-11
Birth name: Anthony Florian Zaleski
Born: 1913-05-29
Died: 1997-03-20 (Age:83)
Nationality: USA
Residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth place: Gary, Indiana, USA
Tony Zale is best remembered for his three fights over a 21-month period with Rocky Graziano for the World Middleweight Championship. Their three fights were among the most brutal and exciting middleweight championship matches of all-time.
Their last fight was held at Ruppert Stadium in Newark, New Jersey on June 10, 1948. 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.
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