Legendary boxing matches – Legendary boxers: The Brockton Blockbuster

Author: Zizi

There are matches, which are never to be forgotten, and there are boxing icons, who are going to stay with us for eternity.

After so many records now, it is time to start our new journey with the biggest boxing icons. Our first legend is the one and only Rocky Marciano. The only professional heavyweight world champion, who had a perfect, 49-0 record with 43 KO.

We know so much about the tough champion, how hard he trained, how tragically he died, so now let me share with you three less known interesting facts about him:

1. After his birth, his mother received a little card pictured little boxing gloves and with the following sentence on it: “Welcome to another champion.”
2. His tough trainings were legendary; he even had an exercise for his eyeballs.
3. During his first 14 professional fights nine of them ended in the first round and none of the others went beyond the fifth round.

Source of the article: espn.com