The fight took place at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles as part of a title triple-header which also featured; Emile Griffith vs Luis Manuel Rodriguez at welterweight and Sugar Ramos vs Davey Moore at featherweight.
Bob Dylan wrote a song about the event where Davey Moore succumbed to death while posing the question of public responsibility.
Moore held the title for 4 years and 3 days, defending it 5 times before losing it to Cuban Sugar Ramos on March 21, 1963.
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May 9- Sugar Ramos retains the world Featherweight title with a controversial fifteen round decision over Floyd Robertson, Accra, Ghana.