Rocky Marciano vrs Roland LaStarza II/Sept-24-1953

[Caractacus]

For the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
September-24-1953
Polo Grounds,New York City


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbNLDVSkR4

[Ambling Alp II]

Good fight. La Starza held his own and looked pretty good for several rounds before Marciano gradually took over.

[Caractacus]

yeah,LaStarza was trying to get under Marciano's skin before the fight sayings things like
"He's going soft in the head"
and the Rock made a rare prediction and said he would knock LaStarza out within seven rounds

Were where thee in '53 ?

[Caractacus]

Marciano vrs LaStarza II was shown at 45 theaters in 34 cities coast-to-coast across the USA.(from New York to California).
a typical theater screen size back then was 24 ft high x 53 ft wide.
(no radio broadcast)
anyway here is a link to a song that you might have heard on the jukebox that day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNYZ1ApQ6Js