On September 21, 1955, Rocky Marciano (48-0, 42 KOs), the heavyweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion Archie Moore (149-19-8, 108 KOs).
Rocky Marciano is coming in to the fight on a 48-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round TKO victory over Don Cockell, 4 months and 5 days ago. Archie Moore is on a 21-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Bobo Olson, 2 months and 30 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Rocky Marciano at 99-1 winning odds. Archie Moore really doesn't have much to present against Marciano.
Rocky Marciano stopped Archie Moore via KO in the 9th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring heavyweight title. Marciano improves his record to 49-0 (43 KOs), while Moore adds a loss to his record at 149-20-8.