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Graziano is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displaying the capacity to take his opponent out with a single punch. He was ranked 23rd on The Ring magazine list of the greatest punchers of all time.
Rocky Graziano (born January 1, 1919, New York, New York, U.S.—died May 22, 1990, New York) was an American boxer and world middleweight champion (1947–48). (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.)
Rocky Graziano was the middleweight champion for 11 months during the late forties, but his three wars with Tony Zale plus his winning personality have contributed to making the Rock a...
World Middleweight title. On February 7, 1947, the NYSAC revoked Graziano's boxing license and threatened to bar him for life for his failure to report two $100, 000 bribe offers. The NBA, which controlled boxing virtually everywhere in the U.S. outside of New York, did not recognize NYSAC's decision.
ONE OF the most popular fighters of any era, Rocky Graziano was an adored champion until the day he died. Graziano, whose real name was Thomas Rocco Barbella, was a troubled youth growing up on the gritty Lower East Side of Manhattan. It can be said that boxing saved his life.
In his ten years as a professional boxer, Rocky Graziano held the title of World Middleweight Champion for less than a year; yet he remained one of the most famous athletes in the sport through the time of his death in 1990.
Rocky Graziano was an American professional boxer, who fought a total of 83 fights throughout his career, spanning over 10 years, from 1942 to 1952. During this time, he achieved a record of 67 wins, 10 losses, 6 draws, and 0 no-contests.
Rocky Graziano, is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, having the capacity to take any of his opponents out with a single punch. Sugar Ray Robinson, who fought Graziano in 1952, said, "No one ever hit me harder than Rocky." The Ring ranked Graziano 23rd on their 2003 list of The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!.
Dec 15, 2020 · Born Thomas Rocco Barbella on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1922, Rocky Graziano rose above the mean streets of his youth to become one of boxing’s legends. This colorful and controversial boxer was celebrated both in the record books and in a movie on his life starring Paul Newman (the entertaining “Somebody Up There Likes Me ...
Rocky Graziano, born as Thomas Rocco Barbella, rose to fame as a professional boxer in the 1940s and 1950s. His aggressive fighting style and powerful punches quickly caught the attention of boxing fans and promoters alike.