Fight:19983

Rocky Marciano 187 lbs beat Art Henri 185 lbs by TKO at 2:51 in round 9 of 10

• Date: 1951-03-26
• Location: Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
• Referee: Dolly Searle

Henri frequently outfought Marciano with left hooks in the first three rounds, and landed four nifty uppercuts at close range in round three. Marciano hurt him with a two-handed attack in the fourth round and Art did not land much after that, although defending himself cleverly. The fight became one-sided and uninteresting. Marciano dropped Henri for two nine-counts in the ninth and the referee stopped it. Marciano was slow, sluggish, and cumbersome, and made one of his poorest showings. Attendance was 4386 and the gross gate was $8285.