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	Rocky Marciano
		Marciano was a chubby kid with strong arms as a pre-teen, but he benefitted from living right in front of a park: He used to go to the James Edgar Playground to play baseball every day, and he used to hit ball after ball and go to pick the balls up after hitting them.
		Rocky was so embarrassed by this fight and the newspapers' accounts of it, that when he went back to the military facilities, he cut out all the beer, drinking, smoking and partying from his schedule and started concentrating on his training habits only.
		Rocky won his first two bouts there by a knockout in the first round, but by the third bout, his knuckles were hurt, and he lost by decision for the championship.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ro/Rocky_Marciano.html (1588 words)

	Rocky Marciano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marciano was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts of Italian heritage.
		Marciano won his first two bouts by knockouts in the first round, but by the third bout, his knuckles were damaged, and he lost by decision for the championship.
		Rocky had a professional record of 49-0 with forty-three knockouts (Some claim his record was 50-0, counting a shorter match that was never recorded or sanctioned, yet not considered an exhibition).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rocky_Marciano (1968 words)

	Rocky Marciano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocky was lucky it wasn't an official bout because, according to people present, he was on his way to defeat when he hit Lester in the groin and was disqualified.
		Rocky won his first two bouts there by knockouts in the first round, but by the third bout, his knuckles were damaged, and he lost by decision for the championship.
		Marciano was the subject of a biographical movie, and in the movie Rocky, the Rocky Balboa character told his trainer Mickey that Marciano was his favorite boxer.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/r/ro/rocky_marciano.html (1428 words)

	Marciano, Rocky (1923-1969) Biography \| sjpc_03_package.xml
		Rocky Marciano (born Rocco Francis Marchegiano) is the only champion in the history of boxing to remain officially unbeaten and untied throughout his entire professional career.
		Rocky then cemented his status as a popular culture icon with championship performances against a triumvirate of dangerous veteran fighters: Jersey Joe Wallcott, Ezzard Charles, and Archie Moore.
		Marciano and Ali then staged the fight according to the computer's projections, and the film was shown in closed circuit theaters throughout the world.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/marciano-rocky-1923-1969-sjpc-03 (191 words)

	Rocky Marciano - atlantic-city-nj-hotel.info
		Marciano was a stocky and well built kid with strong arms as a pre-teen, but he benefited from living next to a park.
		Rocky at the time used a stuffed mail bag that hung from a tree in his back yard as a punching bag.
		Rocky won his first two bouts by knockouts in the first round, but by the third bout, his knuckles were damaged, and he lost by decision for the championship.
	atlantic-city-nj-hotel.info /Rocky_Marciano (1769 words)

	Rocky Marciano Summary
		Marciano was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano on September 1, 1923 in Brockton, Massachusetts.
		Marciano pulled out a victory which would be remembered as typical of his tough-guy, never-say-die style: Way behind on points and struggling offensively all night, he caught Walcott with a short, overhand right on the jaw in the 13th round which knocked him unconscious, giving Marciano the championship belt.
		Marciano was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts.
	www.bookrags.com /Rocky_Marciano (2911 words)

	The My Hero Project - Rocky Marcianorockymarciano
		Marciano, Rocky (1 Sept. 1923-31 Aug. 1969), heavyweight boxing champion, was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano in Brockton, Massachusetts, the son of Pierino Marchegiano, a shoe-factory worker, and Pasqualena Picciuto.
		Marciano was dropped to the canvas in the second round, but he survived to knock out Moore in the ninth round.
		Marciano enjoyed life in the fast lane ("If you want to live a full life then live dangerously"), disliked routine, and was fascinated by the mobsters with whom he socialized and did business, such as Vito Genovese.
	myhero.com /myhero/heroprint.asp?hero=rockymarciano (2020 words)

	Rocky Marciano - Biography and career (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocky was lucky it wasn't an official bout because, according to people present, he was on his way to defeat when he hit Lester in the groin and was disqualified.
		Rocky was so embarrassed by this fight and the newspapers' accounts of it that, when he went back to the military facilities, he started concentrating solely on his boxing training.
		Rocky won his first two bouts by knockouts in the first round, but by the third bout, his knuckles were damaged, and he lost by decision for the championship.
	www.fameboxing.com /rocky-marciano.htm (1747 words)

	MMAFighting.net Forums - Marciano Documentary
		Marciano was a true warrior who appeared to be more interested in his rep than anything else.
		When Marciano was getting to the end of his career, his brother says he knew that Rocky would retire soon when he heard him say that he couldn't stand the smell of the gym anymore.
		Marciano was pushing 50 at the time of these legendary sparring sessions which the movie was edited together from.
	www.mmafighting.net /forum/showthread.php?t=14778 (1296 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocky and his still hopeful comrades continued to linger around Fayetteville until an official bluntly told them that "not one of them was good enough to ever become a professional baseball player." Dejectedly, they all headed back to Brockton.
		Rocky often said that such training was the key to the amazing endurance of his legs, which was especially evinced in his "brawl" with Ezzard Charles when he went 15 rounds for the first time in his professional career.
		Rocky was once asked if it was the hated memories of breathing coal dust and the putrid smell of factory shoe leather that fired him up with unrelenting determination to succeed as a boxer- especially when he had been knocked down, was badly cut, and was losing a fight.
	www.ringwork.com /Bios.aspx?BioBoxer=46 (2644 words)

	Rocky Marciano Biography
		Rocky Marciano was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano on September 1, 1923, in Brockton, Massachusetts.
		Rocky would spend much of his life making sure she would not live in the poverty he had known growing up.
		Marciano was never among the top boxers of all time in terms of skill, speed, or power, but he knew how to use the skills he had developed and his fans recognized his grit.
	www.notablebiographies.com /Lo-Ma/Marciano-Rocky.html (1157 words)

	rocky * When I Got on the... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocky Mountain Alpines Choice Rock Garden Plants of the Rocky Mountains in the Wild and in the Garden.
		The Biology of Rocky Shores Biology of Habitats.
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	Rocky Marciano
		Rocky at the time used a stuffed mail bag that hung from a tree in his backyard as a punching bag.
		Rocky won his first two bouts there by knockouts in the first round, but by the third bout, his knuckles were damaged, and he lost by decision for the championship.
		Marciano was the subject of a biographical movie, and in the movie Rocky, the Rocky Balboa character told his trainer Mickey that Marciano was his favorite boxer.
	www.cutespz.com /rocky-marciano/default.htm (1481 words)

	Rocky Marciano, The 13th Candle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A boxing buff most of his life, he met the parents of Rocky Marciano in Girard, OH in the early 1970s when they were visiting a friend there.
		Rocky's mother liked the story so much she asked him to write a book on her son.
		Michael was honored by the AAIB (American Association for the Improvement of Boxing) Rocky Marciano 2002 Founders Day Award in New York City in May, 2001 for authoring "The 13th Candle." He was also honored in September, 2001 in Brockton, Ma.
	www.rockymarciano13thcandle.com (682 words)

	SuperFight - Mackinac Media
		Marciano wanted to cut the distance between himself and his opponents, whereas Ali preferred to keep his opponents outside, at a distance.
		In Marciano, Biography of a First Son, Everett Skehan said, "When Rocky went to the dingy gym on the North Side of Miami Beach he was thinking tough, expecting things to go smoothly, but prepared for anything.
		Marciano always entered the ring in top shape; Ali only trained hard if he was facing a fighter who was a threat to beat him.
	www.mackinacmedia.com /SuperFight/history2.htm (1017 words)

	Did Rocky Marciano Lose a Pro Fight Under Another Name?
		While this was Rocky's first fight, Lester was very experienced, having been a Golden Gloves Champion three years in a row and runner-up in the New England Amateur Championships in 1945.
		Rocky was the aggressor throughout the fight and landed all the punishing blows, but the judges announced Wallace as the winner.
		Rocky would always say he was cheated in this fight, and would determine to take the matter out of the hands of judges by knocking out future opponents.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /boxing-news/Rocky-Marciano.php (1599 words)

	BIOGRAPHY OF ROCKY MARCIANO, NEVER READ WIKIPEDIA'S PATHETIC BIOGRAPHY
		Marciano was a stocky and well built kid with strong arms as a pre-teen, but he benefited from living next to a park.
		Rocky was lucky it wasn't an official bout because, according to people present, he was on his way to defeat when somone in the crowd shouted "If you can't hit him, Rock, kick him!", which he did, striking Lester in the lower abdomen, and was disqualified.
		Rocky was on his way to make a speech for his friend's son, he hoped to return early morning for his birthday celebration with his wife.
	www.geocities.com /georgereevesproject/rockymarciano.html (4154 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| Iowans Take Flight
		Boxing champion Rocky Marciano died in a plane crash two miles south of Newton on Aug. 31, 1969.
		His son also had learned to walk while he was away, and Marciano would have witnessed the development for the first time.
		This drawing of Frankie Farrell, left, and Rocky Marciano was sketched in 1968.
	desmoinesregister.com /extras/flight/crashes/marciano.html (269 words)

	Amazon.de: Rocky Marciano: English Books: Everett M. Skehan,Peter Marciano,Louis Marciano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocky Marciano (1923-1969) was the only heavyweight champion ever to complete a professional career without a loss.
		When you're finished with this one you will really have the complete story of Rocky Marciano from humble beginnings as the son of a shoemaker to Heavyweight Championship to the tragic end.
		Skehan has talked to all of Marciano's business partners, boyhood friends, family members and takes the reader back to Rocky's hometown of Brockton, Massachussetts so one gets a true feeling of what it was like when Rocky was "Champ".
	www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/ASIN/1861055978 (537 words)

	Skehan - new and used books
		Marciano didn't turn to boxing until age 25, and was considered too small to get into the ring with heavyweights.
		Rocky Marciano (1923-1969) was the only heavyweight champion ever to complete a professional career without a loss.
		Thought to be the first book to concentrate on the differences rather than the similarities between second-language learners, this considers aptitude, motivation, strategies and personality and suggests ways the research can be integrated with theories of second-language learning.
	www.isbn.pl /A-Skehan (793 words)

	biography marciano rocky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BIOGRAPHY Rocky Marciano was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, on September 1, 1923, in Brockton, Massachusetts.
		However, if the biography marciano rocky deal were modified so that the parties put a time limit on their agreement, it could be considered a standard option sale.
		The branching marciano of a tree rocky appears the same to us as it does to birds, or even to worms or fungi in the idealized limiting case of infinite branching.
	790138.renen.org /biography-marciano-rocky.htm (732 words)

	Boxing Blog - TheSweetScience.com » Blog Archive » MARCIANO BOOK REVISED AND EXPANDED
		Rocky has a special place in most fight fans’ hearts, but the author grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts, birthplace of the Rock, so that special feeling is magnified a thousandfold.
		The discrimination, the want, the uncertainty, fueled a desire in young Rocky Marciano; he smashed the odds and common wisdom, the old one-two, to become the only champion in history to retire with an undefeated record (49-0, 43 KOs).
		Because of his phobia concerning banks, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, maybe more, is still unaccounted for – buried treasure whose whereabouts are known only to Rocky and Rocky alone … a secret he took with him to his grave when he died in a 1969 plane crash.
	blog.thesweetscience.com /2005/12/21/marciano-book-revised-and-expanded (566 words)

	NYJetsFan.com Forums > Why Is Curtis Martin So Good
		Marciano was 46 years old and sixty pounds over his fighting weight.
		Rocky was assured it was an accident and the filming resumed.
		Five weeks after the filming, Rocky would die in the plane crash, but the result was not unlike what he would have expected.
	www.nyjetsfan.com /forum2/lofiversion/index.php/t2843.html (2487 words)

	ROCKY MARCIANO Autograph
		When are you moving in." This undated letter was probably written in the summer of 1954 while ROCKY MARCIANO was in training at Grossinger's for the September 1954 rematch with former champ Ezzard Charles.
		In June, Marciano had won a 15-round decision, the only time he had ever gone 15 rounds with a fighter.
		Everett M. Skehan in Rocky Marciano, Biography of a First Son writes that "Rocky was unhappy because the fight had gone the full fifteen rounds.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=152073 (613 words)

	Everett M. Skehan
		He is the author of three books, “Rocky Marciano: Biography of a First Son” (1977); “A Bullet For Georgie” (1979), a novel, and “Fields of Glory: 1874-1930” (2001), the first volume in what was projected to be a trilogy on the history of the field trial sport, yet another of his many interests.
		Last year, a new edition of the Marciano book—regarded as a classic of the genre—was issued under a new title, “Undefeated: The Fighter who Refused to Lose.” He was working on a comprehensive history of New England jazz at the time of his death.
		Ev Skehan was born in Canton, Mass., on March 11, 1933, the son of Helen (Irving) Skehan of Stoughton, and the late Louis Skehan.
	www.americanfield.com /Pages/Skehan.html (454 words)

	Harry Haft Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano :: Syracuse University Press :: Syracuse New York
		But in an era when boxing was heavily infiltrated by organized crime, gangsters threatened Haft with execution unless he lost his fight with heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano.
		Written by Harry Haft’s son, Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano gives a complete picture of a flawed yet courageous human being, a survivor beyond measure, and is highly recommended for biography and holocaust studies shelves."
		In a historic battle, Haft fights in a match with Rocky Marciano, the future undefeated heavyweight champion of the world.
	www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu /spring-2006/harry-haft.html (689 words)

	Marciano Book Revised And Expanded \| TheSweetScience.com Boxing
		September 2005 marked the 50th anniversary of Rockyâs last fight, so this is the perfect time to revisit Marciano.
		When, at the age of 25, after an unsuccessful stint in minor league baseball, Rocky decided to pursue boxing, people laughed in his face.
		Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, research, and intensive study of each of Rocky's classic bouts, Everett Skeehanâs Undefeated: Rocky Marciano â“ The Fighter Who Refused to Lose is the definitive document of a heavyweight boxing legend.
	www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/3100/marciano-book-revised-expanded (612 words)

	The My Hero Project - Rocky Marciano
		Janet Guthrie First woman to race in the Indianapolis 500
		Rocky Marciano is the only undefeated heavyweight champion in boxing history.
		Wilma Rudolph was the first American woman to win 3 Olympic gold medals.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=rockymarciano (2566 words)

	Rocky Marciano
		Rocky Marciano (Russell Sullivan; ISBN: 0252027639; (cloth : alk.
		Rocky: the story of a champion (ISBN: 0671323717; 96% match)
		Click on a subject to see other books listed with the same subject or to drill down into components of the subject -- such as geographical locations, dates and so on.
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		made her first appearance as the host of the movie industry's annual celebration of itself, on a night expected to have its share of pregnant moments.
		But Rocky was relentless, taking tremendous punishment as he bulled his way into close range to land his own hard blows.
		Rocky Marciano was the Heavyweight Champion from 1952 until his retirement in 1956.
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