After Zale got up, Graziano drove him to the ropes with a stinging flurry of punches that caused the ref to stop the fight. The kid from the Lower East Side was the middleweight champion of the world.

Zale and Graziano will forever be linked because of their three fights, two of which Zale won. Said Sugar: “Their first two fights are among the 10 greatest of all time.” ...

Tony Zale's three wars with Rocky Graziano, in which he won two, were three of the most bloodiest wars in boxing history. For those of us who remembered the three round Hagler- Hearns classic ...

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Zale shows heart, KOs Graziano in sixth By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com. Sept. 27, 1946. Tony Zale won the middleweight championship in 1941, but he hadn't had a ...

Tony Zale KO 6 Rocky Graziano. AP. Yankee Stadium played host to the first of three classic ring wars between Graziano and Zale. ... The fight is best remembered for the 11th round ...

TONY ZALE, the "Man of Steel" from Gary, Ind., died Thursday night in his home state, age 83. What fight fan coming out of WW II could forget him? A great fighter who won the middleweight ...

The belt, awarded for Graziano’s epic 1947 knockout of Tony Zale, has a new home at Chicago’s National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, with other Graziano memorabilia.

When Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale meet in the ring, bloodthirsty fight fans get what they pay for. Before knocking out Rocky last fall, Middleweight Champion Zale acquired a cut lip, red welts ...

Zale is a hall of fame boxer, whose exploits can be summed up in three fights and 15 rounds with a determined younger and tough foe, Rocky Graziano. Just watching his wars with Rocky Graziano, you ...