A devastating right flattened Green. He almost made it to his feet before the count was completed, but most spectators and Referee Ruby Goldstein said that he didn't quite make it, and he was counted out. Harold then lost his temper and a free-for-all broke out. Green apologized afterward, but still received a year's suspension. Attendance was 18,592 paid, a sellout.
"Behind on points, Rocky nailed Green flush on the chin with his murderous right in 1:49 of the fatal 3rd. Harold fell face forward to the canvas, then rolled over flat on his back. As referee Ruby Goldstein completed the count of ten, Green jumped to his feet, yelling that Rocky had hit him illegally on the break, and tore after Rocky in a neutral corner. Goldstein threw his arms around Green and led him to his corner. There, Green suddenly eluded Goldstein and tore across the ring to Rocky's corner. Irving Cohen and Whitey Bimstein, Rocky's co-manager and trainer, saw him coming and threw themselves before Rocky. By this time Sol Gold, Freddie Brown and Charles Duke, Green's corner, had followed Green across the ring and joined in the shoving and pushing. Graziano threw his robe away and the two struggled to reach each other. But it was not until the police entered the ring that order was restored." - Associated Press

(Sept 28, 1945 - Madison Square Garden, New York - 3rd fight in a trilogy between both boxers)



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