As One Boxing Era Ends, Another Begins
Rocky Marciano dispatches his idol, Joe Louis
Joe Louis (left) and Rocky Marciano at the Madison Square Garden fight that saw the end of one boxing legend and the beginning of another (October 26, 1951).
Sitting ringside at Madison Square Garden (MSG) were boxing’s royalty: Sugar Ray Robinson, Ezzard Charles, and Jersey Joe Walcott.
Joining them nearby were FBI chief Edgar J. Hoover, former Secretary…