Decades before Rocky Balboa was running the streets of Philly, boxing's original Rocky was running the streets of Brockton and training to one day become the heavyweight champion of the world. Known ...

You don’t need to be a fan of boxing to enjoy the new biography of heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano by veteran journalist and University of Connecticut professor Mike Stanton. “Unbeaten” (Henry ...

Pulitzer Prize winner Mike Stanton profiles the pride of Brockton, heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano, in his biography Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano’s Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World. Pulitzer Prize ...

Rocky Marciano’s rise through the heavyweight boxing ranks included a stop in Hartford, where he dispatched one of the countless “stumblebums” and “ham-donnies” used to beef up his record before the ...

Sullivan, a business writer and owner of a corporate education company, offers a solid if unspectacular biography of the only undefeated heavyweight champion in history. He recounts Marciano's career ...

Fifty years ago Saturday, Rocky Marciano died in a plane crash in Iowa. It was the day before his 46th birthday, and the news of his death came as a shock to everyone, especially those who knew him in ...

BROCKTON – Fifty years ago, the city of Brockton was dealt a sucker punch. Hank Tartaglia remembers that horrible night in the summer of '69 like it was yesterday, as he was closing down his little ...

BROCKTON – For the residents of the City of Champions, Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor weren’t the only fighters in the ring Saturday night. Hometown hero Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 ...

Step into the ring with one of America's greatest legends...and stand a couple of rounds with greatness! "Pulling no punches" (LA Daily News), Jon Favreau (Swingers) and OscarÂ(r) winner* George C.