On This Day In Boxing History!

Marcel Cerdan vs Tony Zale

National Boxing Association World Middleweight Title

September 21st, 1948

1948 Fight of the Year - Ring Magazine

Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey        

September 21st

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1948: Marcel Cerdan RTD11Tony Zale

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1985: Michael Spinks W15 Larry Holmes

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Julio Cesar Chavez W12 Dwight Pratchett

1989: Eric Chavez KO5 Nico Thomas

1996: Arthur Grigorian KO2 Gene Reed

2001: Omar Narváez TKO1 Sandro Pereyra

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2003: Jane Couch W10 Brenda Drexel

2006: Hollie Dunaway RTD7 Dee Hamaguchi

2012: Delfine Persoon TKO7 Erin McGowan

2016: Kumiko Seeser Ikehara WSD10 Kayoko Ebata

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