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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ali needed Frazier, Leonard needed Hearns, Robinson needed LaMotta, and Marciano needed Walcott, for “Jersey” Joe was great on a few occasions, especially the night he lost his title. Can we say that ...

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 ...

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, ...

The mission is a man.

The World Boxing Council will honor undefeated former world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in the hometown of his birth in Brockton, Massachusetts on September 28. The WBC announced that a statue ...