Rocky Marciano
(Rocco Francis Marchegiano)
(the "Brockton Blockbuster")
BORN September 1 1923; Brockton, Massachusetts DIED August 31 1969; Newton, Iowa (Plane crash) HEIGHT 5-10 1/4 (Some sources report 5-11) WEIGHT 178-192 1/2 lbs RACE White; Italian-American MANAGERS Gene Caggiano, Al Weill TRAINERS Charlie Goldman, A. Columbo Marciano is considered by some experts to be the strongest of all the heavyweights and the hardest hitter; He had a chin of iron and took considerable punishment in order to get close enough to land his haymaker punches; He was belligerent to the point of unbelievable unless seen in action
Rocky was a small heavyweight in statue but a big heavyweight in punching power; He was muscular and stocky, struck brutal blows with each fist and was rough, tough and durable; He was one of only nine men to retire unbeaten over his entire career; The others were Young Mitchell, Jack McAuliffe, Jimmy Barry, Laszlo Papp, Terry Marsh, Ji Won Kim, Ricardo Lopez and Sven Ottke
Herb Goldman ranked Marciano as the #7 All-Time Heavyweight; Charley Rose ranked him as the #8 All-Time Heavyweight; Nat Fleischer ranked Rocky as the #10 All-Time Heavyweight; Marciano was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1959 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990
Marciano Fight Video Clip Marciano-Louis 1951 Fight Video Clip Marciano-Walcott 1952 Fight Video Clip Marciano-Charles 1954 Fight Video Clip Marciano-Moore 1955 Fight Video Clip Marciano Fight #1 Video Clip Marciano Fight #2 Video Clip (Press thebutton at the top of the screen to return)
1947 Mar 17 Harry Lee Epperson Holyoke, Ma KO 3 1948 Jul 12 Harry Bilazarian Providence, RI TK 1 Jul 19 John Edwards Providence, RI KO 1 Aug 9 Bobby Quinn Providence, RI KO 3 Aug 23 Eddie Ross Providence, RI KO 1 Aug 30 Jimmy Weeks Providence, RI TK 1 Sep 13 Jerry Jackson Providence, RI TK 1 Sep 20 Bill Hardeman Providence, RI KO 1 Sep 30 Gil Cardione Washington, DC KO 1 Oct 4 Bob Jefferson Providence, RI TK 2 Nov 29 Patrick Connolly Providence, RI KO 1 Dec 14 Gilley Ferron Philadelphia, Pa TK 2 -Some sources report 12/04/48 1949 Mar 21 Johnny Pretzie Providence, RI ` TK 5 Mar 28 Artie Donato Providence, RI KO 1 Apr 11 James Walls Providence, RI KO 3 May 2 Jimmy Evans Providence, RI TK 3 May 23 Don Mogard Providence, RI W 10 Jul 18 Harry Haft Providence, RI KO 3 Aug 16 Pete Louthis New Bedford, Ma KO 3 Sep 26 Tommy DiGiorgio Providence, RI KO 4 Oct 10 "Tiger" Ted Lowry Providence, RI W 10 Nov 7 Joe Dominic Providence, RI KO 2 Dec 2 "Irish" Pat Richards New York, NY TK 2 Dec 19 Phil Muscato Providence, RI TK 5 Dec 30 Carmine Vingo New York, NY KO 6 1950 Mar 24 Roland LaStarza New York, NY W 10 Jun 5 Eldridge Eatman Providence, RI TK 3 Jul 10 Gino Buonvino Boston, Ma TK 10 Sep 18 Johnny Shkor Providence, RI KO 6 Nov 13 "Tiger" Ted Lowry Providence, RI W 10 Dec 18 "Big" Bill Wilson Providence, RI TK 1 1951 Jan 29 Keene Simmons Providence, RI TK 8 Mar 20 Harold Mitchell Hartford, Ct TK 2 Mar 26 Art Henri Providence, RI TK 9 Apr 30 Willis "Red" Applegate Providence, RI W 10 Jul 12 Rex Layne New York, NY KO 6 Aug 27 Freddie Beshore Boston, Ma TK 4 Oct 26 Joe Louis New York, NY TK 8 1952 Feb 13 Lee Savold Philadelphia, Pa TK 6 Apr 21 Gino Buonvino Providence, RI KO 2 May 12 Bernie Reynolds Providence, RI KO 3 Jul 28 Harry "Kid" Matthews New York, NY KO 2 -Heavyweight Championship Elimination Bout Sep 23 "Jersey" Joe Walcott Philadelphia, Pa KO 13 -Heavyweight Championship of the World 1953 May 15 "Jersey" Joe Walcott Chicago, Il KO 1 -Heavyweight Championship of the World Sep 24 Roland LaStarza New York, NY TK 11 -Heavyweight Championship of the World 1954 Jun 17 Ezzard Charles New York, NY W 15 -Heavyweight Championship of the World Sep 17 Ezzard Charles New York, NY KO 8 -Heavyweight Championship of the World 1955 May 16 Don Cockell San Francisco, Ca TK 9 -Heavyweight Championship of the World Aug 3 Keene Simmons EX Sep 21 Archie Moore New York, NY KO 9 -Heavyweight Championship of the World 1956 Apr 27 -Marciano announced his retirement from the ring *** NCR ALL-TIME HEAVYWEIGHT COMPUTER TOURNAMENT ***1968 Gene Tunney W 15 Max Baer TK 13 Jim Jeffries TK 14 Jack Dempsey KO 13 *** A SPECIAL NCR ALL-TIME HEAVYWEIGHT COMPUTER BOUT ***1970 Jan 20 Muhammad Ali KO 13
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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