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Marciano's next title defense came in May 1955, against British and European Champion Don Cockell in San Francisco. Cockell was knocked out in the ninth round after Marciano had controlled most of the fight. Marciano's final title defense was against the number one contender and light-heavyweight champion, Archie Moore, on September 21, 1955 ...
The fight culminated in a 13th round knockout scored by Marciano, in a major comeback victory after Walcott stacked up a wide lead throughout the majority of the bout. The fight and the final round were ranked as 1952's fight and round of the year respectively by The Ring , and is considered one of the greatest heavyweight championship bouts of ...
The fight would be Marciano's sixth title defense. [3] [4] The fight was one of the most anticipated sports events of the year, featuring two popular champions both with a large number of knockouts. Moore in particular created a lot of publicity by confidently claiming that he would be the first man to defeat Marciano.
Rocky Marciano [3] [6] 49–0–0 Heavyweight World 1952–1956 6 Terry Marsh [3] [4] 26–0–1 Light welterweight IBF 1987 1 Retired from boxing due to epilepsy. Floyd Mayweather Jr. [7] 50–0–0 Super featherweight WBC 1998–2002 8 Vacated title to move up to lightweight. Lightweight WBC, The Ring: 2002–2004 3
Cockell was a 10–1 underdog and weighed 14 st 9 lbs against Marciano's 13 st 7 lbs, coming into the fight weighing 205 pounds to Rocky's 189. For the first three rounds the fight was fairly even, but as it progressed further Cockell began to take more and more punishment, without being able to hurt Marciano much.
Both have fights scheduled, but if they could fight next, that would be great. Odds it occurs in 12 months : 15-1. If both win their fights, theirs is a match that could be made, but more likely ...
Many critics regard the two Marciano–Charles fights to be among the greatest heavyweight boxing bouts. [10] [20] Particular praise is given to the second Marciano–Charles fight, which is considered by critics to be among Marciano's finest performances in his boxing career and most memorable and entertaining fight. [22]
Rocky Marciano and Roland La Starza fought each other on two separate occasions, the first time in 1950 both as undefeated contenders and the second in a heavyweight championship fight in 1953. Rocky won both fights, the first by a narrow split decision and the second via technical knockout. The first fight is regarded as one of Marciano's ...