On June 10, 1948, Tony Zale (66-17-2, 44 KOs) gets a shot at the middleweight The Ring title held by and the Ring Magazine champion, Rocky Graziano (47-7-5, 34 KOs).
Rocky Graziano is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Sonny Horne, 2 months and 5 days ago. Tony Zale is on a 3-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Lou Woods, 2 months and 22 days ago.
The winning odds are at 94.9-5.1 in favor of Rocky Graziano. It is going to be very difficult for Tony Zale to win this fight.
Tony Zale made easy work of Rocky Graziano in the rematch, stopping the champion via KO in the 3rd. Zale improves his record to 67-17-2 (45 KOs), while Graziano adds a loss to his record at 47-8-5.