He was four months shy of turning 33 years old and was sitting on top of the boxing world in 1956. Rocky Marciano owned a 49-0 record and had defended the world heavyweight championship six times ...

Rocky Marciano was a heavyweight boxing champion. He retired as the only ... A year later, he returned to amateur status to compete in the Golden Gloves All-East Championship Tournament and ...

When Rocky hung up his gloves for good the following ... fighting till the very end of his life. Rocky Marciano was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990; ironically ...

Rocky Marciano had two goals in mind while ... the only heavyweight champion to exit undefeated. The odds of Marciano succeeding in boxing seemed about the same as him reaching the major leagues.

It also elevated Mayweather's professional boxing record to a perfect 50-0. So no, Rocky Marciano did not beat Floyd Mayweather's record - it's the other way around as Marciano hung up the gloves ...

Rocky Marciano, warts and all ... Life was like a box of chocolates and Rocky was Forrest Gump with boxing gloves. And, oh, how that continues to grate with certain people! The ramrod jab of ...

BROCKTON — For a "wax museum" school project, 9-year-old Zelly Perez studied hometown hero Rocky Marciano. She even played him in class, complete with an embroidered boxing robe her mom got on ...

Rocky Marciano had two goals in mind while ... the only heavyweight champion to exit undefeated. The odds of Marciano succeeding in boxing seemed about the same as him reaching the major leagues.