Zale, Tony

Zale, Tony
▪ 1998

      ), American world middleweight boxing champion (1941-46, 1948), known as the "Man of Steel," whose intense and brutal title matches against Rocky Graziano in the late 1940s were legendary (b. May 29, 1913—d. March 20, 1997).

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▪ American boxer
original name  Anthony Florian Zaleski , byname  Man of Steel 
born May 29, 1913, Gary, Ind., U.S.
died March 20, 1997, Portage, Ind.
 American professional boxer, world middleweight (160 pounds) champion during the 1940s.

      Zale began his professional boxing career in 1934, but to make a living he spent much of 1935 and 1936 working in the steel mills of Gary. For the first seven years of his career, he did almost all of his fighting in Chicago. After winning the National Boxing Association (NBA) middleweight title with a 13th-round knockout of American Al Hostak on July 19, 1940, Zale defended that championship twice. On Nov. 28, 1941, Zale won a 15-round decision (a fight whose outcome is determined by judges' scoring) over American Georgie Abrams for the vacant world middleweight title. Zale lost a 12-round decision in a nontitle bout with American Billy Conn on Feb. 13, 1942. Following this loss, his only fight in 1942, Zale enlisted in the U.S. Navy.

      Zale won his first six bouts by knockouts after coming out of the Navy following World War II. He then defended his middleweight title by knocking out American Rocky Graziano (Graziano, Rocky) in the sixth round on Sept. 27, 1946. Zale won five more bouts by knockouts in 1947 before defending his title again. This time he was knocked out by Graziano in the sixth round on July 16, 1947. On June 10, 1948, Zale and Graziano met for the third time with the title at stake, and Zale regained the championship with a third-round knockout. In his next fight, on Sept. 21, 1948, Zale relinquished the title, losing to French-Algerian Marcel Cerdan (Cerdan, Marcel) in a 12th-round knockout. Zale retired following the Cerdan fight. His career record was 67 wins (45 by knockouts), 18 losses, and 2 draws. Zale was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.

Neil Francis Milbert
 

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