Joe Frazier vs Dave Zyglewicz (FULL FIGHT) | 22nd April 1969 | Sam Houston Coliseum, Texas, USA

Joe Frazier 205 lbs beat Dave Zyglewicz 190 lbs by KO at 1:36 in round 1 of 15
Date: 1969-04-22
Location: Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, USA
Referee: Jimmy Webb
NYSAC World Heavyweight Title (3rd defense by Frazier)
Notes
Zyglewicz was originally going to face Jimmy Ellis for the WBA heavyweight title, but Ellis decided not to take the fight after he discussed the matter with Joe "Shotgun" Sheldon, one of his sparring partners. Sheldon told Ellis that officials in Texas wouldn't let him win. "It's Houston," Sheldon explained, "where they are all white sheriffs down there. And the referee is white and the boxer is white. You think you're going to knock that boxer out? If you knock him out, they will disqualify you."
Frazier was recognized as World Heavyweight Champion by New York, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine and Massachusetts, as well as Mexico and Argentina.
Zyglewicz was a 10 to 1 underdog.
Zyglewicz-a native of Watervliet, New York-lived in Houston.
The pro-Zyglewicz crowd of 8,500 paid approximately $127,000 to see the fight.
Frazier got 40% of the gate, and Zyglewicz got 20%.
Zyglewicz was counted out 96 seconds into the first round. He had been knocked down twice by left hooks.
On May 7, 1968 Zyglewicz was suspended by the California Athletic Commission for an indefinite period. The suspension was the result of a bad beating he received on April 18th of that year from Los Angeles heavyweight Sam Wyatt. It was recommended that he retire for his own good.
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