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Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano exchanged massive punches in ‘The Super Fight’. In their respective careers, the pair of heavyweight titans proved themselves as two of the greatest boxers of all time.
1954 — Rocky Marciano scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Ezzard ... 1990 — Hale Irwin makes an 8-foot birdie putt on the 91st hole to beat Mike Donald in the first sudden-death playoff to ...
Other boxing stars with Boston connections include Marvin Hagler and Rocky Marciano of nearby Brockton. ”The Boston Bomber” Tony DeMarco, whose statue raises his fists at passersby in Boston’s North ...
He was Burgess Meredith’s model for Mickey in ‘Rocky.’ His murder remains unsolved. Howie Steindler was a respected manager in the Los Angeles boxing scene. He worked closely with Meredith and ...
Mayweather improved his record to 50-0, eclipsing Rocky Marciano’s hallowed career record of 49-0. During an in-ring interview after the fight, when Showtime’s Jim Gray asked Mayweather about ...
IN 1944, aged just 16, Harry Haft was forced into a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. To survive the Holocaust, the teenager was told to, literally, fight for his life. For the ‘ent… ...
Mark Joseph Casieri bought the Rocky Marciano family home at 168 Dover St. in Brockton in 2001 and is hoping it will be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house at 168 Dover St. shows that an entire culture and neighborhood made Rocky Marciano a champion. Meet the man who turned it into a shrine.