Word: zale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Middleweight Champion Tony Zale (see below). Light-Heavyweight Champion Gus Lesnevich...
Across the ring squatted elderly (34), impassive Tony Zale, an old foe. They had put on two spine-tingling battles before. Each had knocked out the other once and this was the rubber match. At the bell, Zale advanced stealthily, pawed at Rocky's scowling face like a cat in a tentative mood. Then Zale's left hook exploded on Rocky's jaw. It was a stunner: Rocky's eyes widened and his knees wobbled. With the fight only 30 seconds old, the crowd surged to its feet...
America's Town Meeting (Tues. 8:30 p.m., ABC) debates: Whom Should the Republicans Nominate? Rocky Sraziano v. Tony Zale...
Picking Up $120,000. With that performance, Rocky got his foot in the door. Three days later, at Toots Shor's restaurant in Manhattan, a battery of publicity men escorted tieless Rocky into a room filled with cold cuts and sports reporters. He and ex-Middleweight Champion Tony Zale signed a contract to fight for the title on June 9 in Newark's Ruppert Stadium, Rocky's guarantee...
Even the Caspar Milquetoasts in the crowd were howling for Zale to make the kill. But the heat and his 33 years (eight more than Rocky) began to tell on ex-Steelworker Tony; he weakened badly in the fifth round. Early in the sixth, one of Graziano's swing-&-a-prayer haymakers landed squarely. Suddenly Tony was helpless; his arms dropped and his head jerked back & forth as Rocky hit him at will. After nearly 40 punches, Steelman Zale had not gone down, but he was lying inertly doubled over the ropes, with Graziano hammering...