Tony Zale vs Marcel Cerdan

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Zale was floored with a left hook to the jaw at the close of the 11th round and was helped back to his corner by his trainer. Cavalier stopped the fight in between rounds. Cerdan, a 2-1 underdog, becomes the first non-American to hold the Middleweight title in the 20th century. Before the fight, Zale had predicted he would knockout Cerdan within seven rounds.