Rocky Marciano poses at training camp on June 6, 1954, at Grossinger’s in Liberty, N.Y. Champion Rocky Marciano, his eye cut, flattens challenger Ezzard Charles’ nose with a crushing right ...

Rocky Marciano had two goals in mind while growing up in Brockton, Mass. ... But after his discharge from the Army in 1946, he began training. On March 17, 1947, ...

Heavyweight Rocky Marciano gets a hand from 5-year-old Gregg Travis, a Liberty local, at Marciano's training camp at Grossinger's Catskills Resort on Aug. 29, 1952.

Even 40 years after the death of Rocky Marciano, ... He would accompany Marciano to pre-fight training camps and said he attended all 49 of the Brockton Blockbuster’s victories.

Had he lived he would have celebrated his 87th birthday this Wednesday. If he had not boarded that airplane in 1969, the plane that crashed in Iowa ending his life the day before his 46th birthday,… ...

World heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano posed specially for this photo at his training camp in Calistoga, California, on May 10, 1955. (AP Photo) ...

Rocky Marciano retired from boxing in 1956. But he had one more "fight" in him — against Muhammad Ali in 1970. Skip to main content. ... Muhammad Ali during a 1966 training session.

The legend of Iron Mike Tyson. During the conversation, Hanes spoke of an old video with Marciano's terrible training routines: "He was sparring seven days a week, sometimes 30 or 40 rounds a day.

When you talk about the greatest in boxing, Rocky Marciano is a name that you just can't miss. The post Late Rocky Marciano Kept Boxing Career a Secret from His Mother Until He Made a Bold Promise ...

Rocky Marciano training in the Grossinger gym Credit: Getty. 12. Stacks of chairs have been left deserted in the resort Credit: Art of Abandonment - Walter Arnold - www.TheDigitalMirage.com.