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BROCKTON, Mass. -- It’s at least a 45-minute drive from his home in Plymouth, Mass., to his hometown of Brockton, a city in Boston’s south suburbs.
Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano exchanged massive punches in ‘The Super Fight’. In their respective careers, the pair of heavyweight titans proved themselves as two of the greatest boxers of all time.
A 1988 mega-match in Atlantic City oozed with greed, backstabbing, and the worst kind of tabloid journalism. And the people loved it.
"This was the same run Rocky Marciano did every day." Three nights before the fight, McBride and Collins watched Russell Crowe's film Cinderella Man, about unlikely heavyweight champion James J ...
The fight was named the 2003 Ring magazine fight of the year, the third straight for Ward. Ward was the first fighter to be so honored since Rocky Marciano and Carmen Basilio each did so in the 1950s.
William L. Gormley was born in 1946 in Atlantic City. But his origin story begins much earlier with the birth of another Gormley, his father, Gerard, born in 1906 at ...
He worked closely with Meredith and Sylvester Stallone on the film. ... Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali (when his name was Cassius Clay), Jack Dempsey, Floyd ... managed Danny Lopez to the World Boxing ...
The 27-year-old will be presented with a Briscoe Award by Philly Boxing History – run by John DiSanto – as the Philadelphia ...
Boxing is returning to Boston’s Fenway Park for the first time in nearly 70 years. “Fight Night at Fenway” is scheduled for Saturday. The 11-fight card is the culmination of years of effort ...
BOSTON (AP) — For the first time in nearly 70 years, boxing is returning to Boston’s famed Fenway Park. The 11-fight card is the culmination of years of effort by twin brothers and longtime ...