Rocky Graziano
World Middleweight Champion
1947 - 1948

 

 

Thomas Rocco Barbella
born: January 1, 1922
died: May 22, 1990

 

WON
67

LOST
10

DRAW
6
 

A fabulous vintage photo of Rocky Graziano at the mike in Ebbetts Field along with the Dodgers' Carl Furillo and other notables... The photo has been vintage signed in light blue fountain pen ink "The Champ Rocky Graziano"... A bold signature on a photo depicting Rocky Graziano in the prime of his career!!

measures: 8 x 10"
condition: some staining and paper loss confined to white
border, otherwise fine

sold

 

 
 
 
 


FROM THE BOOKS

  
 

    "It's tough coming up, so tough. The fight business is the worst business in the world. Anybody that becomes a fighter has got to be wacky or crazy because it's a tough business. I wouldn't recommend fighting anymore because it's a tough business and it's a million-to-one shot if you can make it. When you're playing football you got twenty-six guys on your side, when you're playing baseball you got twenty-whatever guys on your side, basketball you got a gang of guys on your side. When you're in the ring, you're all alone, baby. All alone and there's a guy throwing punches at you. Every time a guy fights he gets three or four stitches on his eyes, his mouth. Then the day after the fight you're all swollen, your head is swollen, your eyes are swollen, your body's swollen. It's a tough business, man. It's a tough business."

  
 

Rocky Graziano
Peter Heller's "In This Corner...!"
 

  
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

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