Failing to become a professional baseball player, marciano turned to boxing and won 27 of 30 amateur bouts before he turned professional in 1947. The tragic death of legendary heavyweight rocky marciano and. Rocco francis marchegiano best known as rocky marciano was an american professional. Marciano was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 9231952 until 11956. The legend builders covered up this obscure match, so the story always goes, in order to preserve the rock with a perfect 490 record. Jon favreau stars in this biopic about the only undefeated world heavyweight champion in the history of boxing, rocky marciano.
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When bambino rocco was 18 months of age, he contracted pneumonia. Rocky marciano, born and raised in brockton, is a local hero known for his extraordinarily successful heavyweight boxing career, from which he retired, undefeated, in 1956 at age 32, after 49 fights. Three weeks after that fight, marciano beat carmine vingo 161 0 by a sixthround. With jon favreau, penelope ann miller, judd hirsch, tony lo bianco. Rocky marciano biography childhood, life achievements.
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Rocky marciano was inducted into the international boxing hall of fame in 1990. So, marciano had to be incredibly fit to fight as he did, and to overcome his most difficult setback, which was his lack of reachmarciano had a 68 inch reach. During his career, marciano held the heavyweight boxing title for four years in the 1950s, and he is the only boxing champ to ever retire undefeated, with 43 knockouts in his 49 fight career. Rocky marciano biography life, family, children, name. Rocco francis marchegiano september 1, 1923 august 31, 1969, best known as rocky marciano mrsino. We talk justin gaethje and rocky marciano, manny pacquiao and chan sung jung.