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...itself. Last year's Joe Louis-Lee Savold fight was carried by only nine U.S. theaters in seven cities. Last week 50 theaters in 31 cities packed in more than 125,000 people who paid close to $400,000 to see the closed-circuit telecast of Rocky Marciano's knockout of Joe Walcott. A drive-in theater in Rutherford, N.J., with a capacity of 1,300 cars, was sold out at $10 a car, and 7,000 chairs were set up for the overflow customers who had to park their cars outside the theater. One hard-luck theater...
...breathless moments it looked as though Jersey Joe Walcott might finish off Rocky Marciano in the first round. With unexpected boldness, the heavyweight champion moved right in on Challenger Rocky, battered his jaw with short, hard lefts and rights, then tagged him with a left hook. The spectators at Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium let out a roar of excitement and surprise as Rocky went down, for the first time in 43 pro fights...
...count of four, Rocky got up and fought back. In the third round Walcott gave up trying for a quick knockout, reverted to his normal counterpunching, backpedaling, hit & run tactics. Frequently looking amateurish against Walcott's artful dodging and skillful clinching, Marciano kept moving in, shaking off one punch after another, occasionally jolting Joe with a hard one to the belly. By the end of Round Ten, Marciano had pulled up nearly even in the official scoring. But Walcott, hitting fast and hard, took both 11 and 12, leaving Marciano badly cut and bruised around the eyes...
Jersey Joe Walcott "unretired" yesterday to set up a return bout with Rocky Marciano. The fighters already are signed to an agreement calling for a rematch within 90 days. The 90 days clause will undoubtedly be waived, however. Marciano's manager said his fighter needs a rest and won't fight until after January first, but "if Walcott wants a return match, he's got it." Walcott's manager replied that he would'nt quibble about the postponement...
...fights in brightly lit rings for the pleasure of millions who know him by his professional name-Rocky Marciano. Never defeated, Rocky has won 37 of his 42 professional fights by knockouts, and has grossed upwards of $150,000 with his fists. Now the ultimate glory and a succession of far greater purses are within his grasp; next week he will fight aging (officially 38) Jersey Joe Walcott for the heavyweight championship of the world...