Zale vs Graziano I
Man of Steel against the Bronx brawler, Zale stopped Graziano in six, 1946
Overview
Middleweight champion Tony Zale and challenger Rocky Graziano traded bombs at Yankee Stadium in September 1946 in one of the great slugfests. Graziano had Zale ready to go, then Zale rallied to knock him out in the sixth. Zale won the first and third by knockout, Graziano the second, all inside six rounds.
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