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Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. [2] Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", [3] reinforced by his reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win.
Graziano fought three middleweight title bouts against Tony Zale, losing the first before capturing then surrendering the championship. In their first match (September 27, 1946), after flooring Graziano in the first round, Zale took a savage beating from him and was on the verge of losing the fight by TKO.
While working his way to the title, he is introduced to his sister's friend Norma, whom he falls in love with and later marries. Starting a new, clean life, he rises to the top, but loses a title fight with Tony Zale. A person he knew in prison finds him and blackmails him into throwing a fight over his dishonorable discharge. Rocky fakes an ...
June 10 – The final chapter of the Zale-Graziano trilogy, as Tony Zale defeats Rocky Graziano by knockout in round three to regain the world's Middleweight title, in Newark. June 25 – Joe Louis retains his world Heavyweight title for the twenty-fifth and final time, this time knocking out Jersey Joe Walcott in round eleven of their New York ...
Tony Zale: UD 12 Feb 13, 1942 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. 72 Win 61–10–1 Jay D Turner UD 10 Jan 28, 1942 Municipal Auditorium, Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S. 71 Win 60–10–1 Henry Cooper UD 12 Jan 12, 1942 Polo Grounds, New York City, New York, U.S. 70 Loss 59–10–1 Joe Louis: KO 13 (15) Jun 18, 1941
Tony Zale (def. Georgie Abrams) 28 Nov 1941 – 16 Jul 1947 1 Zale was defeated by Rocky Graziano however, Graziano was not recognized by the NYSAC because his license was revoked due to failure of reporting an attempted bribe. [30] 12 Tony Zale (2) (def. Rocky Graziano) 10 Jun – 21 Sep 1948 0 13 Marcel Cerdan: 21 Sep 1948 – 16 Jun 1949 0 14
Georgie Abrams (November 11, 1918 – June 30, 1994) was an American boxer who came very close to winning the World Middleweight Championship in November 1941 against Tony Zale and was a top contender for the title in the early 1940s. [1]
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