Tony Zale - Wikipedia
Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. [2] Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", [3] reinforced by his reputation of
Tony Zale - BoxRec
Zale was knocked down in the 1st round for a "9" count. Judge George LeCron scored it 8-7 on rounds for Zale, and so far the other two votes have not been located. According to Jack Kincaid, all the newspaper reporters whose opinions he read thought that Zale won decisively, despite the knockdown, giving Abrams a bad beating to the body.
Tony Zale | Middleweight Champion, World War II Veteran, …
Tony Zale was an American professional boxer, world middleweight (160 pounds) champion during the 1940s. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) 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.
Tony Zale - BoxRec
2021年5月26日 · Tony Zale is best remembered for his three fights over a 21-month period with Rocky Graziano for the World Middleweight Championship. Their three fights were among the most brutal and exciting middleweight championship matches of all-time. The first match took place at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
TONY ZALE, BOXING’S `MAN OF STEEL,’ DIES AT 82
1997年3月21日 · Tony Zale, who epitomized all that can be right about boxing during his long tenure as a top middleweight, died Thursday in a Portage, Ind., nursing home.
Zale, Tony - Encyclopedia.com
ZALE, Tony (b. 29 May 1913 in Gary, Indiana; d. 20 March 1997 in Portage, Indiana), two-time middleweight champion of the 1940s who is best remembered for his three fights against Rocky Graziano in 1946, 1947, and 1948.
Tony Zale - International Boxing Hall of Fame
KNOWN as "The Man of Steel," middleweight champion Tony Zale is best remembered for his thrilling three-fight series with fellow Hall of Famer Rocky Graziano. Born Anthony Florian Zaleski, in Gary, Indiana, Zale opted for a boxing career rather …
Tony Zale, 83, Middleweight Boxing Champion in the 1940's
1997年3月22日 · Tony Zale, who brawled his way to the middleweight championship twice during a Hall of Fame boxing career punctuated by three memorable -- if not legendary -- title bouts with Rocky Graziano,...
Tony Zale: The Man of Steel - Boxing News - Boxing Scene
2005年6月10日 · Tony Zale was the Navy hero and family man whereas Graziano was the rough and tough brawler, who managed to get drummed out of the armed forces due to his temper when he...
Tony Zale - southshorecva.com
For the next eighteen years, Tony Zale worked as the director for the Catholic Youth Organization and as an advisor for the Boys Club, the Special Olympics, cerebral palsy clinics and veterans’ rehabilitation programs.