January 5 1956 Baker Bob vs Marciano Rocky + 1/5, & 1/4 worldwide boxing matches

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) April 6, 2010 -- LOS ANGELES OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 1956, 2.5 hours special
TV & RADIO SHOWTIME: WLS/ABC 10:00PM - 1:30AM EST TIME ZONE (9:00-11:30 CENTRAL)
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Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium, 11 500 attend, extra 1000 ringside seats added
for ROCKY VS BAKER FIGHT!
- ALTERNATIVE fight DAYS (from 1/1 to 2/3 1956):

1.4.56 or 1/5/56 or 1.7, LA 1.5=50 (first LA fight of new year, most appropriate day) or II.III/2.3.56

Thursday, 5 January 1956
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
promoter: Cal Eaton
Temperature 48F, 8C, some wind, partly cloudy

- Rocky Marciano 190 49-0 W Bob Baker 220 45-5 TKO 11/12,
Baker doesn't come out for 11th round, Baker takes Rocky to school first 6 rounds!
- (BB = 44-5-1 = 45-5 = 50:5 = 1/10, only 1 in 10 lost)
At 9:32/5:32 AM fighters get it on, fight ends at 00:15 AM 1/6

middleweight Charley 'Tombstone' Smith 149½ 12-3-0 W Woody Winslow 154 20-25-7 UD 10 10

referee: Charley Randolph 58-52 | judge: Jack McDonald 58-52 | judge: Reggie Gilmore 58½-51½ ~

welterweight Lou Filippo 142½ 18-7-3 W Jimmy Sweat 143½ 0-0-1 TKO 6 10
time: 0:38 | referee: Reggie Gilmore ~
Sweat asked the fight be stopped, due to a cut over his left eye.

light heavyweight Eddie Jenkins 171 2-0-1 W Alvin White 169 1-1-2 KO 2 4
welterweight Hector Garcia 141 0-3-1 W Herman Beasley 144 4-10-0 PTS 4 4
middleweight Renato Munoz 149½ 0-0-0 W Del Moore 154 0-0-0 PTS 4 4

Other Worldwide 1.5 fights:

Salle Wagram, Paris, Paris, France

Michel Lombardet W Rene Weissmann PTS 10 10

Pierre Pace W Jacinto Santin TKO 8 10
Roland Roy L Attia Ben Aissa PTS 8 8
Stephan Drzewecki W Albert LeStrat PTS 6 6

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Roberto Pena W Ricardo Morales KO 3

Highland Park, New Jersey, United States

Lou Stanich W Monroe Kurtz PTS 8 8
Art Oubre W Llewellyn Richardson PTS 6 6

Vernon LaMar W Billy Richow PTS 4 4

Frank Grimes D Pedro Franqui PTS 4 4
Julius Rhodes W Joe Gonzales PTS 4 4

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1.4.56

- Rocky Marciano 190 49-0 W Bob Baker 220 445-5 TKO 11/12
- (BB = 44-5-1 = 45-5 = 50:5 = 1/10, only 11 in 10 lost) Rocky is now 50-0!
- BB was #1 logical, Rocky's appropriate oppponent from April 1955 to February 1956
- Cleveland Arena, Cleveland Ohio (neutral territory important, especially for Baker)
- First nationally televised fight of the NNew 1956 Year!
- World Heavyweight Title, fight also shownn on RM's 1959/1960 Main Event tv show
- Baker did not answer the bell for the 12tth round!

- On 1/2/56 or 1.4.56, Rocky goes for gold!! @ 11PM, pugilists enter ring (4AM UT),
- Promoter: Larry Atkins & LJL; Radio//TV rebroadcast: 1/6/56 2 - 4:30 AM
- 50's in mathematical terms - alternative presentation:
1/2=.50, 1/4=.250, 1/5=50, 1/8=.1250, LJ's Fuzzy Logic Observations!

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