Rocky Beats His Boyhood Idol Joe Louis

June 06, 2021 | 0 minutes, 9 seconds read

Boxing On This Day

On this day, in 1951 undefeated Rocky Marciano knocked out 37 year-old Joe Louis in the eighth round of their fight at Madison Square Garden in New York.

 

October 26, 1951

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