1953 in Sports - Boxing

Boxing

  • September 24 in New York City – Rocky Marciano retains his World Heavyweight title with a TKO over Roland La Starza in the 11th round.
  • October in New York City – Bobo Olson scored a 15 round decision over Randy Turpin to win the World Middleweight Championship

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    “... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.”
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