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- Rocky Marciano never lost
- a fight as a professional
- boxer. He was knocked
- down ΓÇö but never out ΓÇö
- only two times in his
- career. Although small for a heavyweight (5'
- 10", 185 pounds), Rocky was one of the
- divisionΓÇÖs most powerful punchers.
-
- Rocky won the heavyweight championship
- from "Jersey Joe" Walcott, in 1952. It was
- RockyΓÇÖs 43rd career fight, and he was 29
- years old. During the bout, Rocky was
- dropped to the canvas for the first time in his
- career, but he got up to knock out Jersey Joe
- in Round 13.
-
- Rocky, known as "The Brockton Block-
- buster," wasnΓÇÖt a fancy fighter. He