Refusing to give up, Marciano got back to his feet and began applying pressure, slowly but surely tiring his opponent out. In the sixth round, the all-time great dropped his foe twice, firstly with a ...

Although no one was able to be tough enough to defeat Ward, the former champion did have a clear name in mind when it came to ...

Now all boxing biopic attention turns to the still-untitled Christy Martin movie, which filmed last year, is penciled in for ...

Sugar Ray Leonard has revealed who he believes are the three greatest fighters of all time. The retired American icon had an ...

In the history of boxing, few names are as revered as Larry Holmes and Rocky Marciano. Despite their very distinct ...

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Comparing two former world champions, Rocky ‘Brockton Blockbuster’ Marciano and Larry ‘The Easton Assassin’ Holmes. Marciano ...

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. The next birthday will be the 80th for Peter ...

1977 — Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title. 1979 — FC Barcelona of Spain wins 19th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Fortuna Düsseldorf of West Germany 4-3 in ...

2000 — Australia’s Susie O’Neill breaks the oldest record in international swimming, winning the 200-meter butterfly and beating the 1981 mark by Mary T. Meagher. O’Neill is timed in 2 minutes, 5.81 ...

1953: Rocky Marciano, making his first defense of his heavyweight title, scored a first-round knockout at Chicago Stadium over Jersey Joe Walcott, the man Marciano dethroned in a 13th-round KO the ...

While combat sports such as boxing and mixed martial arts don’t have set seasons or schedules, May has witnessed several ...