On September 27, 1946, Tony Zale (57-16-2, 35 KOs), the middleweight The Ring champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Rocky Graziano (43-6-5, 31 KOs).
Tony Zale is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round KO victory over Eddie Rossi, 4 months and 25 days ago. Rocky Graziano is on a 8-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Marty Servo, 5 months and 29 days ago.
The winning odds are at 91-9 in favor of Rocky Graziano. It is going to be very difficult for Tony Zale to win this fight.
Tony Zale stopped Rocky Graziano via KO in the 6th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring middleweight title. Zale improves his record to 58-16-2 (36 KOs), while Graziano adds a loss to his record at 43-7-5.