On Sept. 23, 1952, at 43 seconds of the 13th round with an atomic right to the jaw, Rocky Marciano knocked out reigning heavyweight champ, Jersey Joe Walcott, to claim the World Heavyweight title ...

In the history of boxing, few names are as revered as Larry Holmes and Rocky Marciano. Despite their very distinct contributions, both former world heavyweight champions have left their mark on the ...

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 ...

At the time of filming, Muhammad Ali was still serving his three-year suspension from boxing, and Rocky Marciano had long since retired from the sport, his last fight having been in 1955.

Corrections/clarifications: A previous version of this story included inaccurate information about the cause of death for Rocky Marciano Sr. Rocky Marciano Jr. said ...

Rising up from the ground on the outskirts of Brockton, the two-ton, 20-foot statute of Rocky Marciano looms over the city like a god. Wearing boxing trunks wrapped around an Adonis-like body ...

"Rocky Marciano is great, but Mike Tyson would have run him over like a train to a flock of sheep," Rogan said. "It's a different world. Rocky, at his maximum weight, weighed 192 pounds ...

LAS VEGAS — After scoring a technical knockout against Conor McGregor on Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather resisted taking jabs at critics who questioned the historical value of his victory at T ...

Born Rocco Francis Marchegiano in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Sept. 1, 1923, Marciano won the heavyweight championship by defeating Jersey Joe Walcott for the title on Sept. 23, 1952. Drafted into ...

It went into effect on July 1, 1903. Rocky Marciano is the “winner and still champion” as throngs of fans cheer after a one-round knockout of Jersey Joe Walcott on May 15, 1953, at Chicago ...