On This Day In Boxing History!
1913: The Man of Steel” Tony Zale Was Born!
Tony Zale
Born: May 29th, 1913
Birth Name: Anthony Florian Zaleski
Birth Place: Gary, Indiana
Residence: Chicago, Illinois
Pro-Debut: June 11th, 1934
Division: Middleweight
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5′ 7½″
Reach: 69″
Alias: Man of Steel
Bouts: 87
Rounds: 501
Ko’s: 52%
Record: 67-18-2, 45Ko’s
Died: Age 83, March 20th, 1997
Career
NBA World Middleweight Champion
July 19th, 1940 – July 16th, 1947
NYSAC World Middleweight Champion
November 28th, 1941 – July 16th, 1947
World Middleweight Champion
June 10th, 1948 – September 21st, 1948
International Boxing Hall of Fame 1991
***November 5th, 2015 Championship Belts of Tony Zale
and Carmen Basillio, stolen from the Hall of Fame
May 29th
1900: Kid McCoy W6 Tommy Ryan
1901: Terry McGovern KO5 Aurelio Herrera
1905: Joe Bowker W20 Pinky Evans
1909: Battling Nelson KO23 Dick Hyland
1913: Harry Greb ND6 Frank Kirkwood
Tony Zale was born
1914: Jack Dillon ND10 Battling Levinsky
1933: Jimmy McLarnin KO1 Young Corbett III
1971: Eric Lucas born.
1977: Rafael Ortega W15 Yasutsune Uehara
1982: Rafael Limon KO12 Rolando Navarette
1988: Don LaLonde KO5 Leslie Stewart
Daniel Zaragoza D 12 Seung Hoon Lee
1993: Billy Conn, 75, dies.
1998: Reggie Johnson W12 Ole Klemetsen
Hugo Soto W12 Jose Bonilla
1999: Felix Trinidad KO4 Hugo Pineda
Freddy Norwood W12 Antonio Cermeno
Lehlo Ledwaba W12 John Michael Johnson
Leo Gamez KO8 Josue Dickie Camacho
2009: Oleydong Sithsamerchai TD11 Muhammad Rachman
2010: Vitali Klitschko KO10 Albert Sosnowski
Luis Alberto Lazarte WSD12 Carlos Tamara
Miguel Acosta KO2 Paulus Moses
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr TKO10 Zsolt Bedak
Roman Martinez KO4 Gonzalo Munguia
Hanna Gabriels TKO1 Gardy Pena Alvarez
2015: Amir Khan W12 Chris Algieri
Javier Fortuna W12 Bryan Vasquez
2016: Tony Bellew TKO3 Ilunga Makabu