Orlando Zulueta vs. Ludwig Lightburn (1st meeting)

Orlando Zulueta 136 lbs beat Ludwig Lightburn 138 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1956-07-13
• Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
• Referee: Petey Scalzo 6-4
• Judge: Jack Gordon 5-4
• Judge: Joe Schechter 6-4

"Friday night at MSG it was Orlando Zulueta, the 28 year old Cuban, who won all the votes. Zulueta's flapping left piled up points early and Ludwig Lightburn's body-punching drew him even in the middle rounds. Lightburn missed often and failed to apply constant pressure to the fancy Cuban. A low blow by Lightburn cost him at least a draw. Referee Petey Scalzo took the 7th round away from Lightburn for the blow and that turned out to be Zulueta's victory margin." -Associated Press

• Zulueta and Lightburn took this match on short notice when Joey Giambra hurt his hand in training forcing a postponement of his scheduled bout with Rocky Castellani until August 3rd.

Unofficial scorecards

• AP - 5-4-1 Lightburn
• Ringside poll of 13 sportswriters showed 8 scoring the bout for Lightburn (no details on the other 5 scorecards).