2025 It was estimated the entire town of 1,400 lined the streets and rooftops to see boxing champion Rocky Marciano ride into town in the back of a white Cadillac convertible. Marciano had been ...

Boxing has always been more than just a sport; it is a reflection of the struggles and triumphs of the American worker. In the early 20th century, as labor movements gained momentum, boxing emerged as ...

In June 1954, unbeaten heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano defended his title against former champion Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Rocky Marciano had two goals in mind while growing ... The odds of Marciano succeeding in boxing seemed about the same as him reaching the major leagues. He was a crude, barroom-brawler type.

Step back into the 1950s and 60s, when boxing reigned supreme in America. Legends like Rocky Marciano and Sugar Ray Robinson ...

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 ...

He helped create the Rocky Marciano stamp, he opened Marciano Gym in New Jersey and is even credited in an HBO special titled "In this Corner" Boxing Legend's Heavyweights, as well as his younger ...