Sugar Ray Robinson vs Fritzie Zivic

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Robinson was a 7-5 betting favorite. [1] There was a sellout crowd of 20,551 at Madison Square Garden. [2] According to the New York Times, Zivic got off to a bad start and was in difficulties frequently in the first five rounds. Zivic seemed to find himself in rounds six and seven, as he punished Robinson to the head. Robinson came back and had Zivic wobbly in the ninth. Robinson was careful to avoid fighting in close quarters with Zivic, and fought at a distance, while managing to hold his own when the two traded inside.