It has been over 50 years since Rocky Marciano beat Jersey Joe Walcott for the Heavyweight Championship of the World and he still holds a special place in history. He has the obvious place in history with his 49-0 record. The other is that he was technically a light heavyweight taking on all the big heavyweights of his time.
The old fight films of him and others are a pleasure to watch and we learn more about Marciano a he learned more about his craft each and every match. His appeal to me was that he could stand toe-to-toe and give and take as good as he gave and still "break" his opponent.
It's unfortunate that more boxers today don't have the "heart" that he had.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
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