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Anthony Florian Zaleski (Gary, 29 de mayo de 1913-Portage, 20 de marzo de 1997) conocido mundialmente como Tony Zale, fue un boxeador estadounidense que se consagró dos veces campeón del Mundo de los pesos medianos.
Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", reinforced by his reputation of
25 de may. de 2024 · 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.
31 de ago. de 2009 · Here, Zale rises from a first-round knockdown and proceeds to outpoint reigning NBA middleweight champion Al Hostak in a non-title bout. The victory earned Zale a shot at Hostak's title,...
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 than a lifetime spent working in Gary's steel mills.
National Boxing Association (1921-1962) World Middle. World Middleweight title. On February 7, 1947, the NYSAC revoked Graziano's boxing license and threatened to bar him for life for his failure to report two $100, 000 bribe offers. The NBA, which controlled boxing virtually everywhere in the U.S. outside of New York, did not recognize NYSAC's ...
26 de may. de 2021 · 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.
