Remembering when the older ones fought for adults!

Great fighters rarely meet when they are still at the beginning of their career. There were four great fighters in two parties. The only thing was that the two were old champions and not in place.

The future World Rocky Blockbuster ‘World Blockbuster’ champion Marciano was 37-0 when he met Joe ‘The Brown Firefighters’ Louis, 66-2 with 52 stops in October 1951 at Madison Square Garden. Louis had lost his title to former champion Ezzard ‘The Cincinnati charges’ Charles, 66-5-1, at the Yankee Stadium in New York, in September 1950. His record was still good, but he was not the former fighter. He had won eight fights since he lost for the second time in his career. There was no title at stake.

After seven rounds, Marciano went to the cards 4-2, 5-2 and 4-3. In the eighth round, he dropped in Louis with a left hook for a 8 referee count Rudy Goldstein. Marciano then sent Louis through the ropes to the tie. There was no count; The fight is over.

Marciano idolized Louis and, in the locker room, was reported to tears. Louis would never fight again.

Five fights later, Marciano won the world title, removing Joe Walcott “Jersey”, 49-18-1, in the thirteenth round. Walcott passed after twelve rounds 7-4, 4-8 and 7-5.

One of Marciano’s stables, Hank Cisco went to the Walcott dressing room and heard the ring doctor who said that “this man should never fight again. He has a broken bone under one eye and would be eliminated with the first solid punch. The crowd had Walcott and put him in resale eight months later, probably with his money in Martiano. Walcott in the first round.

Marciano would end his career out of the canvas in the second round against the lightweight heavy champion Archie ‘Old Mongoose’ Moore, 149-19-8, who was the knockout king. Marciano scored four times, stopping Moore in the ninth round, ending his career 49-0 with 43 stops. The record was held for sixty-two years before Floyd Mayweather, Jr. He detained Conor McGregor, who debuted in an amateur without experience and was an old MMA champion.

Another party was possibly the two largest free fighters of all free of all time. The former three-division world champion, Henry ‘Homicide Hank’ Armstrong, 132-17-8, lost to the future champion ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson, 44-1, in the Madison Square Garden for a ten-round decision. He was the former champion for ten years.

Armstrong would fight for another six years, going through 17-2-1, before losing his final attack in February 1945, ending with a record of 149-21-10 with 99 stops.

Three years later, Robinson would win the global heavy weight title and then the middle weight title. Ahead of the points, he could not continue due to the outdoor heat of 104 degrees at New York Yankee Stadium in June 1952 against the lightweight heavy weight champion Joey Maxim, 78-18-4. Robinson was in the cards at that time 10-8, 9-8-1 and 7-3-3. Referee Rudy Goldstein replaced the tenth round due to the heat.

Robinson would lose his middle weight title in 1957 at Gene Fulmer, 37-3, at the Madison Square Garden. He would finish his career in 1965 losing in front of Joey Archer, 44-1, ending with a record of 174-19-1.