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About this book
Say hello to Rocky Marciano, the world's only undefeated heavyweight champion, a guy called Rocky Marciano. With just a 67-inch reach, two left feet and under six feet tall, Marciano blasted his way to 49 wins, 43 inside the distance. You could knock him down but you couldn't knock him out. Marciano KO'd Jersey Joe Walcott in a 1952 thriller to become world champion. Defending his title five times, he brought the million-dollar gate back to boxing in 1955 when he crushed Archie Moore in his final fight. He then criss-crossed the U.S. making public appearances, for cash only. He built a network of friends, businessmen and Mob guys who willingly paid his way and flew him around. And that's how he died, hitching a ride in a plane that crashed in an Iowa cornfield in 1969, on the eve of his 46th birthday. His mantra was, "If you want to live a full life, then live dangerously." Rocky did that, all right!
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Publisher
Pitch Publishing LtdYear
2018eBook ISBN
9781785314179Edition
0Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- A Flight Too Far
- Growing A Champion
- The Beginning
- Divine Providence In New England
- Tough Times In The Garden
- Marriage – Al Says ‘Yes!’
- End Of An Era
- The Contender
- Rocky And The Kid
- The Winner Gets Walcott
- The Final Hurdle
- The King Is Dead … Long Live The King!
- 145 Seconds!
- The Inquest And The Rematch
- Rematch For Rollie
- I’m Not Superman
- Words, More Than Punches, Hurt The Champ
- Rocky Wins By A Nose
- The Nose Will Take The Blows!
- Uncle Sam vs John Bull
- Archie’s Ship Comes In – At Last!
- Ione Was A Lady!
- A Rock Sinks Archie’s Ship
- Rocky Says ‘No More’
- One More Fight
- Epilogue
- Photos