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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rocky_GrazianoRocky Graziano - Wikipedia

    Draws. 6. Thomas Rocco Barbella (January 1, 1919 [1] – May 22, 1990), better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer and actor who held the World Middleweight title. [2] 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.

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  3. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1990/05/23-spGraziano Dies; Won Title in ’47 - Los Angeles Times

    May 23, 1990 · Rocky Graziano, the middleweight ... Graziano held the title for 11 months, but Zale took it back June 10, 1948, with a third-round knockout. ... He won the the Metropolitan AAU welterweight ...

  4. www.espn.com › classic › biographyESPN Classic - Rocky was a champ...and a character

    However, he soon put them back on and won the Metropolitan AAU welterweight title. ... "but no one ever stung me more than Rocky did." Graziano fought once more, losing a decision to Chuck Davey ...

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  6. www.ibhof.com › pages › aboutRocky Graziano - International Boxing Hall of Fame

    Graziano fought between the welterweight and middleweight divisions, but made his mark in 1945 when he knocked out welterweight contenders Billy Arnold and Al "Bummy" Davis. Then he scored consecutive 10th-round stoppages of welter champ Freddie Cochrane in non-title bouts and closed out the year by halting Harold Green in three rounds.

  7. www.britannica.com › biography › Rocky-GrazianoRocky Graziano | Middleweight Champion, Italian-American ...

    May 18, 2024 · 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.) In his youth Graziano was close friends with future fighter Jake La Motta, and both troubled youths attended the same juvenile ...

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  8. www.nytimes.com › 1990/05/23 › obituariesRocky Graziano, Ex-Ring Champion, Dead at 71 - The New York Times

    May 23, 1990 · Rocky Graziano, the former middleweight boxing champion whose life was turned into a movie, died of cardiopulmonary failure last night at New York Hospital. He was 71 years old. Mr. Graziano had ...

  9. deadspin.com › how-rocky-graziano-became-boxingsDeadspin | How Rocky Graziano Became Boxing's Greatest Muse

    Jan 18, 2016 · His knockout win over welterweight champion Freddie Cochrane (in a non-title bout) was Ring Magazine’s Fight of the Year for 1945; he fought him again two months later with the same result ...