Rory Calhoun vs. Johnny Sullivan
Rory Calhoun 160 lbs beat Johnny Sullivan 162 lbs by TKO in round 8 of 10
- Date: 1956-10-12
- Location: Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Calhoun was penalized rounds 4 & 7 for low blows.
- "Those body punches wear you down. Most of those European fighters have good defenses, but they keep guarding their head. I went for his body and figured he'd start slowing up from those punches." -Rory Calhoun
"Rory Calhoun gives hard body punches the credit for setting up his TKO victory over Britain's Johnny Sullivan here last night. The White Plains, N.Y., slugger, currently ranked No. 6 among the middleweight contenders, had Sullivan a dazed and helpless target when referee Jackie Davis halted the fight nine seconds into the 8th round. It was a straight right to the jaw that floored Sullivan for a three-count which the bell interrupted at the end of the 7th, and it was a trio of rights to the jaw that preceded the stopping of the scheduled 10-rounder. But Sullivan himself said in the dressing round that the hardest punch was a left hook that landed squarely into his stomach early in the 7th. After that it was just a matter of time of how long before Calhoun would finish his game opponent." -Associated Press
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