Who was Fritzie Zivic?

Fritzie Zivic was a master craftsmen of his era, as well as a throwback rough and tumble fighter of the highest order. He knew every trick in the book as well as a few out of Greb’s; his self declared best punch was a left hook to the “you know where”. Win or lose, one thing was certain fighting a primed and ready Zivic; you weren’t walking out of the ring unmarked. After wholly battering and ending Armstrong’s reign as welterweight champion, a reporter likened Hank’s face to an “oozing hamburger”.

janitor is right in praising Zivic as a strategist; against the naturally larger LaMotta, Zivic turned to his jab in the rematch to earn him a decision. A large part of the first Armstrong victory also had to do with Zivic’s precise punching toward the scar tissue around Henry’s eyes.

A definite threat at 147.

 

A "Great" fighter.
Read about him.
Todays welters do not compare.
If would have had a chance to fight him,
they would be in for the fight of the lives.
In the ring or on the pavement.

 

zivics a good fighter but i think u are underestamting todays welters a little.......years from now a lot of our welters will be remembered as great fighters and most of them could beat zivic, his dirty tactics wouldnt slide as easily in todays world either

 

Fritzie Zivic won also won a fight against the great Charlie Burley (1938). But Charlie won the rematch a few months later.