Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (1st meeting) - Revision history

Boxsoup at 01:26, 24 March 2013

2013-03-24T01:26:16Z

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	*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hGRSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vXwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6746,2701460&dq=rocky+graziano+tony+zale+buzzsaw&hl=en "Zale Beats Graziano In Sixth Round" by Gayle Talbot, The Associated Press, September 27, 1946]		*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hGRSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vXwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6746,2701460&dq=rocky+graziano+tony+zale+buzzsaw&hl=en "Zale Beats Graziano In Sixth Round" by Gayle Talbot, The Associated Press, September 27, 1946]

	==See ~~also~~==		==See Also==
	*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (2nd meeting)]]		*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (2nd meeting)]]
	*[[Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale (3rd meeting)]]		*[[Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale (3rd meeting)]]

Boxsoup at 21:39, 23 March 2013

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	[[File:F18482.JPG\|right\|thumb\|300px]]		[[File:F18482.JPG\|right\|thumb\|300px\|Tony Zale (left) vs. Rocky Graziano]]
	<fight>18482</fight>		<fight>18482</fight>
	'''World Middleweight Title'''		'''World Middleweight Title'''
			*[[:File:F18482a.JPG\|Photo]]
			*Graziano was a slight betting favorite.
			*Graziano was down for a five-count in the first round, but he came back and dropped Zale at the end of the second round for a three-count. Graziano continued to pound away savagely, and after five rounds, Zale looked like a beaten fighter. But then came the unexpected in the sixth round. Showing the heart of a champion, Zale, who injured his right hand in the second round, gathered the strength to fire a terrific right to Graziano's solar plexus and followed it up with a left hook to the chin. Graziano went down and didn't rise until just after referee Ruby Goldstein completed the count of ten.
			*Zale had to be propped up and led around the ring carefully as he waved to the crowd after the knockout. The Associated Press wrote that Zale "looked like a man who had been in hand-to-hand combat with a buzzsaw, and somehow, much to his own astonishment, had come out ahead."
			*There was a crowd of 39,827 and the gross gate was $342,497.
			*Named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year\|"Fight of the Year"]].
			*''The Ring'' ranked the fight fifth on their 1996 list [[The 100 Greatest Title Fights of All-Time]] .

	~~Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight. [~~[:~~File:F18482a~~.~~JPG\|Photo]]~~		==External Link==
			*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hGRSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vXwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6746,2701460&dq=rocky+graziano+tony+zale+buzzsaw&hl=en "Zale Beats Graziano In Sixth Round" by Gayle Talbot, The Associated Press, September 27, 1946]
	~~Zale had to be propped up and led around the ring carefully as he waved to the crowd after his left-hook KO'd Graziano~~. ~~He "looked like a man who had been in hand-to-hand combat with a~~ buzzsaw." ~~(AP)~~

	~~Named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year]], and the "Fight of the Decade~~" by [[The ~~Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']~~] ~~magazine.~~

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (2nd meeting)]]		*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (2nd meeting)]]
	*[[Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale (3rd meeting)]]		*[[Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale (3rd meeting)]]

Ric: photo linked

2011-03-11T18:52:36Z

photo linked

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	'''World Middleweight Title'''		'''World Middleweight Title'''

	Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight.		Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight. [[:File:F18482a.JPG\|Photo]]

	Zale had to be propped up and led around the ring carefully as he waved to the crowd after his left-hook KO'd Graziano. He "looked like a man who had been in hand-to-hand combat with a buzzsaw." (AP)		Zale had to be propped up and led around the ring carefully as he waved to the crowd after his left-hook KO'd Graziano. He "looked like a man who had been in hand-to-hand combat with a buzzsaw." (AP)

Ric: image inserted

2010-11-14T19:43:00Z

image inserted

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	<fight>18482</fight>		<fight>18482</fight>
	*'''World Middleweight Title'''		'''World Middleweight Title'''

	Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight.		Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight.

Emaster: updated internal link

2010-02-04T15:25:01Z

updated internal link

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			*'''World Middleweight Title'''
	*~~<b>~~World Middleweight Title~~</b>~~

	Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight.		Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight.
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	Named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year]], and the "Fight of the Decade" by [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine.		Named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year]], and the "Fight of the Decade" by [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine.

			==See also==
	==~~Also~~ See==
	*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (2nd meeting)]]		*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (2nd meeting)]]
	*[[Tony Zale ~~vs. Rocky Graziano~~ (3rd meeting)]]		*[[Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale (3rd meeting)]]

Rowdytimothy: remove category

2008-03-02T16:25:19Z

remove category

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	*<b>World Middleweight Title</b>		*<b>World Middleweight Title</b>
	*<b>Referee:</b> [[Ruby Goldstein]]


	Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight.		Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight.
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	*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (2nd meeting)]]		*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (2nd meeting)]]
	*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (3rd meeting)]]		*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (3rd meeting)]]
	~~[[Category:1946 Bouts\|Zale vs. Graziano]]~~

Nwwebber at 08:30, 20 February 2008

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			==Also See==
			*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (2nd meeting)]]
			*[[Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano (3rd meeting)]]
	[[Category:1946 Bouts\|Zale vs. Graziano]]		[[Category:1946 Bouts\|Zale vs. Graziano]]

Ric: fight of the decade

2006-05-14T19:22:15Z

fight of the decade

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	Zale had to be propped up and led around the ring carefully as he waved to the crowd after his left-hook KO'd Graziano. He "looked like a man who had been in hand-to-hand combat with a buzzsaw." (AP)		Zale had to be propped up and led around the ring carefully as he waved to the crowd after his left-hook KO'd Graziano. He "looked like a man who had been in hand-to-hand combat with a buzzsaw." (AP)

	~~Fight was named~~ [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year]].		Named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year]], and the "Fight of the Decade" by [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine.


	[[Category:1946 Bouts\|Zale vs. Graziano]]		[[Category:1946 Bouts\|Zale vs. Graziano]]

Brett at 19:47, 10 May 2006

2006-05-10T19:47:40Z

New page

<fight>18482</fight>

*<b>World Middleweight Title</b>
*<b>Referee:</b> [[Ruby Goldstein]]

Graziano was down for a 5-count in the first round. Zale was on the floor at the bell for round two with the count reaching three. A right to the mid-section followed by a left ended the fight.

Zale had to be propped up and led around the ring carefully as he waved to the crowd after his left-hook KO'd Graziano. He "looked like a man who had been in hand-to-hand combat with a buzzsaw." (AP)

Fight was named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year]].

[[Category:1946 Bouts|Zale vs. Graziano]]