From the 1910s to the 1950s, baseball and boxing ruled the sports world. Both sports were thoroughly democratic: In the ring, Rex Layne fought Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Graziano took on Tony Zale. As ...

Rocky Marciano, of Brockton, Massachusetts, battled heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott for 13 rounds at the Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia the evening of Sept. 23. And in the 13th, Marciano ...

Jersey Joe Walcott was 38 and looked older. That he was even champion was a bit of a surprise. He’d taken the title with an upset of Ezzard Charles the year before. Marciano on the other hand, was the ...

Just a little more than fifty-one years ago, a short, compact punching machine by the name of Rocky Marciano hung up the gloves for the last time. There are varying reports as to why he retired at the ...

For a few breathless moments it looked as though Jersey Joe Walcott might finish off Rocky Marciano in the first round. With unexpected boldness, the heavyweight champion moved right in on Challenger ...

A statue to honor boxer Rocky Marciano will soon be erected in his hometown of Brockton. Members of the Marciano family, representatives from the World Boxing Council, and city officials were all on ...

These three words are common enough in the realm of combat sports, but rarely are all three appended to the same fighter at the same time. The first two usually get in the way of the last, you see.

The sports world woke up to a punch in the gut 50 years ago the morning of Sept. 1 — the death of iconic heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. The night before, on the eve of his 46th birthday, ...