Rocky Marciano
World Heavyweight Champion
1952 - 1956

   

ROCCO FRANCIS MARCHEGIANO
b. September 1, 1923
d. August 31, 1969

 

WON
49

LOST
0

DRAWS
0

KO'S
43
 

A beautiful vintage advertisement photo promoting Rocky Marciano's short-lived Rocky Brand Potatoes business... Nicely signed and inscribed by Marciano in blue ballpoint ink!

measures: 6 x 10"
condition: some mild scattered staining, a few surface abrasions and a chip
out of lower right corner

 

      To
Jeep       
  Casey
     Hi   
Rocky        
     Marciano

  
Compliments of
Rocky Marciano ENTERPRISES,  INC.
GROWERS,   PACKERS,   SHIPPERS
ROCKY   BRAND   POTATOES
 

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      Rocky Marciano, the son of a poor immigrant shoemaker from a village near Naples, was a throwback fighter who would have flourished in a less refined era. He relied on heart, durability, and raw power to overcome his many technical shortcomings. His trainer, a former bantamweight called Charlie Goldman, tried hard to add skill to Marciano's savagery but had to settle instead for capitalizing on his protege's formidable natural assets.
    Goldman recalled the first time he put the novice Marciano in the sparring ring against an experienced professional: "He was so awkward we just stood there and laughed. He didn't stand right, he didn't throw a punch right, he didn't do anything right. Then, all of a sudden, he throws a roundhouse right and the big guy is out like a mackerel." That terse account could serve, with only minor adjustments, as a description of most of Marciano's 49 professional engagements.		  
 


Harry Mullan:
The Great Book Of Boxing