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


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

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

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 ?

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