Marciano’s son comments on Mayweather breaking his father’s record

_DSC6871(Photo credit: Idris Erba/Mayweather Promotions) By Allan Fox: Last Saturday night, WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26 KOs) tied the late great former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0 that he set 60 years ago in 1955, when the 38-year-old Mayweather finished his career with one-sided 12 round unanimous decision win over Andre Berto (30-4, 23 KOs) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Marciano’s career record was 49-0, 43 knockouts. Like Mayweather, Marciano still had a lot left in the tank when he retired. He likely could have kept winning for a little while longer if he had the desire to continue to the sport.

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Will Mayweather break Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 record?

1-_DSC8351By Allan Fox: With his big fight against the Philippine’s Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) on May 2nd, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26 KOs) will be looking to add his 48th consecutive win of his boxing career when they go at it from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

If Mayweather wins this fight, he’ll be within one victory of tying the late great heavyweight world champion Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0 that he set in September 1955. Former minumweight start Ricardo Lopez (51-0-1, 38 KOs) eclipsed Marciano’s record without a loss, but Lopez’s record wasn’t perfect like Marciano’s.

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Rocky Marciano – A Crude Phenomenon

marciano32By Jay McIntyre: To view a version of this article with photographs and corresponding discussion, please visit the page on my blog: http://a-neutral-corner.blogspot.ca/2014/08/rocky-marciano-crude-phenomenon.html

Rocky Marciano retired in 1956, and walked away from the sport as an undefeated heavyweight champion of the world – something no one else has ever done in the history of the sport. Only two men have come close to Marciano in this regard: Gene Tunney and Lennox Lewis.

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Sorry, Floyd, Marciano’s record was already beaten in 2001

By Jaime Ortega: There is a media lie floating inside the mainstream boxing community that suggest Rocky Marciano’s record of (49-0), is the record to currently defeat. This is partly because Marciano is considered a legendary fighter that had no rival during the golden years of boxing, so his legacy has outlasted the reality of his already beaten record.

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Marciano finally gets recognition

Image: Marciano finally gets recognitionBy John F. McKenna (McJack): In a gesture that is long overdue former undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano will finally get his due recognition. “The Brockton Blockbuster” will be honored by the World Boxing Council (WBC) on the date of his birth September 28 in his hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts.

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Flashback: Rocky Marciano – Profiled: Part 4

Image: Flashback: Rocky Marciano – Profiled: Part 4By John F. McKenna (McJack): Nobody could figure the best way to handle Rocky’s power, his constant, unrelenting pressure and his ability to take a punch. Marciano, as all great champions do, had supreme confidence in himself and an indomitable will. He said frequently that “In my prime I could have beaten anyone alive.” Rocky also was quoted as saying “Why waltz with a guy all night when you can take him out in one?”

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Flashback: Rocky Marciano – Profiled: Part 3

Image: Flashback: Rocky Marciano – Profiled: Part 3By John F. McKenna (McJack): Marciano easily dispatched Walcott in the 1st round of their return match on May 15, 1953 in Chicago. Next Rocky KO’d Roland La Starza in the eleventh round. Rocky’s legend as a power puncher continued to grow as a result of his match with La Starza. In their first fight in 1950 Rocky won a very close decision. In the return Marciano bludgeoned La Starza wherever he could hit him, arms, shoulders and legs breaking blood vessels at the point of impact. La Starza complained later that by the mid to later rounds he was unable to lift his arms to defend himself, also stating that Rocky was much improved since their first fight. Next Rocky scored a fifteen round decision over Ezzard Charles.

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Flashback: Rocky Marciano – Profiled: Part 2

Image: Flashback: Rocky Marciano – Profiled: Part 2By John F. McKenna (McJack): Trainer Charley Goldman went to work developing the technique which would serve Rocky so well and ultimately make him Heavyweight Champion of the World. On December 19, 1949 Rocky fought his first name opponent, Phil Muscato, an experienced heavyweight from Buffalo, New York. Rocky KO’d Muscato in the 5th round. Three weeks later Marciano KO’d Carmine Vingo also in the 5th round. Vingo nearly died as a result of a brain hemorrhage he suffered in the fight. He teetered between life and death for three days before finally coming out of a coma. Rocky later said it was his most difficult time as a fighter. Viingo eventually did recover, but he never fought again.

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Flashback: Rocky Marciano – Profiled: Part 1

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Rocky Marciano, AKA the “Brockton Blockbuster” – real name Rocco Marchegiano, was born to Italian Immigrant parents on September 1, 1923. He was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts. Rocky had three sisters and two brothers. As a youth he played baseball and worked out with homemade weightlifting equipment. When Rocky exhibited an interest in boxing he would use a stuffed mailbag which hung from a tree in his back yard as a heavy bag.

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The Top Five Greatest Chins in the Heavyweight Division – All time

Image: The Top Five Greatest Chins in the Heavyweight Division - All timeBy Tommaso Nappo: The list was compiled based on the criteria of ability to take a punch, and quality of opposition. It does not I repeat does not take into account the individual fighters skill level or accomplishments. Some of those that earned an honorable mention were current fighters – David Tua, Vitali Klitchko, Oliver McCall,. These guys can all take big time shots, but the quality of big time punchers faced is limited.

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