On April 16, 1952, Sugar Ray Robinson (130-2-2, 86 KOs), the middleweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion Rocky Graziano (67-8-6, 51 KOs).
Sugar Ray Robinson is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Bobo Olson, 1 month and 3 days ago. Rocky Graziano is on a 15-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Roy Wouters, 20 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Sugar Ray Robinson at 99-1 winning odds. Rocky Graziano really doesn't have much to present against Robinson.
Sugar Ray Robinson made easy work of Rocky Graziano, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Robinson improves his record to 131-2-2 (87 KOs), while Graziano adds a loss to his record at 67-9-6.