Interview rocky marciano biography video
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Interview rocky marciano biography video
Biofile: Rocky Marciano Interview
(Note: This Biofile interview was done with Rocky’s brother Peter Marciano.)
By Scoop Malinowski
Status: Former Heavyweight champion (1952-1956).
Final ring record: 49-0 (43 KO’s). Made six successful title defenses. Only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated.
DOB: September 1, 1923 in Brockton, MA Passed: August 31, 1969
Childhood Heroes: “Tony Lanzeri, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis – he spoke so reverently of him.
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Felt he was as classy a guy as he had ever met.”
Nicknames: “The Rock, The Brockton Blockbuster, The Champ, King of the Hill.”
Hobbies/Interests: “Absolutely loved reading – philosophy, religion, meditating, baseball.”
Greatest Sports Moment: “September 23, 1952.
In Philadelphia, he had just thrown a right cross in the 13th round – coming from certain defeat – to win the Heavyweight championship of the world from Jersey Joe Walcott. And besides the birth of his daughter (Mary Anne), one of the greatest moments of hi