Rocky Marciano was one of my heroes growing up. Smaller than most of his opponents, he attacked ferociously and relentlessly until he beat them into submission (often winding up bloodied himself). I ...

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 ...

Decades before Rocky Balboa was running the streets of Philly, boxing's original Rocky was running the streets of Brockton and training to one day become the heavyweight champion of the world. Known ...

You don’t need to be a fan of boxing to enjoy the new biography of heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano by veteran journalist and University of Connecticut professor Mike Stanton. “Unbeaten” (Henry ...

The story of Rocky Marciano has been told so many times for so many years that it's hard to find something new. Mike Stanton, in an excellent biography entitled "Unbeaten" (Henry Holt and Company), ...

Sullivan, a business writer and owner of a corporate education company, offers a solid if unspectacular biography of the only undefeated heavyweight champion in history. He recounts Marciano's career ...

Rocky Marciano’s rise through the heavyweight boxing ranks included a stop in Hartford, where he dispatched one of the countless “stumblebums” and “ham-donnies” used to beef up his record before the ...

Legendary boxing trainer Lou Duva once made a promise to himself, one that he was able to keep in 1990. If he ever guided a heavyweight fighter to a world championship, Duva said that he would pay ...

Fifty years ago Saturday, Rocky Marciano died in a plane crash in Iowa. It was the day before his 46th birthday, and the news of his death came as a shock to everyone, especially those who knew him in ...

An entire ocean separates John Cameron from the hometown of Rocky Marciano, but that isn’t stopping him from chronicling the late boxing legend’s life. Cameron, 38, who resides in Kingsteignton, a ...

This is an updated version of a story on Rocky Marciano’s life originally published in a special Enterprise edition on May 7, 1999. Click here to see a special online site dedicated to Rocky Marciano.

Step into the ring with one of America's greatest legends...and stand a couple of rounds with greatness! "Pulling no punches" (LA Daily News), Jon Favreau (Swingers) and OscarÂ(r) winner* George C.