On September 23, 1952, Jersey Joe Walcott (51-16-2, 32 KOs), the heavyweight The Ring champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Rocky Marciano (42-0, 37 KOs).
Jersey Joe Walcott is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Ezzard Charles, 3 months and 18 days ago. Rocky Marciano is on a 42-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Harry Matthews, 1 month and 26 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.2-1.8 in favor of Rocky Marciano. Jersey Joe Walcott won't be able to do much against Marciano.
Rocky Marciano stopped the champion via KO in the 13th round of the 15-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new The Ring heavyweight champion. Marciano improves his record to 43-0 (38 KOs), while Walcott adds a loss to his record at 51-17-2.