On October 26, 1951, Joe Louis (66-2, 52 KOs) and Rocky Marciano (37-0, 32 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
Joe Louis is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Jimmy Bivins, 2 months and 11 days ago. Rocky Marciano is on a 37-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round KO win over Freddie Beshore, 1 month and 29 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Rocky Marciano at 99-1 winning odds. Joe Louis really doesn't have much to present against Marciano.
Rocky Marciano stopped Joe Louis via TKO in the 8th round. Marciano improves his record to 38-0 (33 KOs), while Louis adds a loss to his record at 66-3.