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 ...

This edition of Finish of the Week (the second edition) will focus on a fight from the golden era of boxing, Rocky Marciano versus Jersey Joe Walcott. While many will have become disinterested or ...

With one deep-dish beauty of a right hand at 43 seconds of the 13th round, Rocky Marciano almost tore the head off defending champion Jersey Joe Walcott, knocking his crown off in the process -- a ...

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 ...

ONE OF the most compelling things about a boxing match is that when a puncher is in the ring, a fight really is never over ...

The night when he became the heavyweight champion of the world began on a troubling note. Rocky Marciano, after winning the first 42 fights of his career, found himself knocked down in the opening ...

On Sept. 23, the greatest straight right hand ever thrown will be immortalized in granite and a substance stronger than bronze in Champions Park, the only place Rocky Marciano could have ended up. The ...

I don’t recall a match where fans and experts are scratching their heads as much when asked, “Who do you like in the fight? ” This indeed is an “anything can happen” match. Maybe Ali-Frazier II and ...