Jack Dempsey also rated Marciano one of the elite hitters and noticed a marked improvement after watching Rocky work out in 1949 and 1952. Said Jack, “In ’49, he fought from long range and ...

Rocky Marciano comes to life on the pages of Mike ... Liston and Mike Tyson, Jack Dempsey and Jack Johnson, Jess Willard and Gentleman Jim Corbett? Who cares? With Marciano, it all comes down ...

He was, observed another heavyweight legend, Jack Dempsey, a “murderous puncher ... echoing statements made by others. The Marciano marriage was a rocky one, according to Cousins.

From Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano, to Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua, ESPN take a journey through boxing history ahead of Joshua's world ...

“I have heard sports writers declare that a fight between Dempsey and Marciano ... declared that Rocky, in a punch-for-punch attack, would have stopped Manassa Jack. “The fight would not ...

Marciano faced Ezzard Charles in two fights that year: one in June and another in September. Inside the hanger, former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, left, gets in a few punches as Rocky ...

The serious sports fan will probably have a working knowledge of the careers of legends and former world heavyweight champions such as Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. That trio, by the ...

And should he win and retire undefeated, he will be the first heavyweight champion to do so since Rocky Marciano ... Tunney famously defeated Jack Dempsey in two heavyweight encounters for ...

Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. From Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano, to Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Wladimir Klitschko and ...