On June 5, 1952, Jersey Joe Walcott (50-16-2, 32 KOs), the heavyweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion Ezzard Charles (74-6-1, 41 KOs).
Jersey Joe Walcott is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round KO victory over Charles, 10 months and 18 days ago. Ezzard Charles is on a 3-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round KO win over Joe Kahut, 5 months and 24 days ago.
The winning odds are at 76.7-23.3 in favor of Jersey Joe Walcott. It is going to be a competitive fight and Ezzard Charles will put up a very good fight, but Walcott will prevail.
Jersey Joe Walcott defeated Ezzard Charles via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his The Ring heavyweight title. Walcott improves his record to 51-16-2, while Charles adds a loss to his record at 74-7-1.