There was one legendary heavyweight, however, who once came very close to at least equalling the record set by Marciano that ...

The bell would ring, he stopped. The bell would ring again, he'd be right back on you," said George Foreman about Rocky Marciano on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Rocky Marciano had two ...

Rocky dreamed of becoming a professional baseball ... After retiring from professional boxing, Marciano focused on managing the investments he made with his boxing earnings. He also worked for ...

That was the catalyst for Haft to launch a professional boxing career that culminated in a bout with future heavyweight world champion, Rocky Marciano in 1949. Haft, who died of cancer in 2007 ...

Rocky Marciano had two goals in mind while growing up in Brockton, Mass. He didn't want to follow in his father's footsteps and work in a shoe factory. He wanted to be a major league catcher.