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Thomas Rocco Barbella (January 1, 1919 – May 22, 1990), better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer and actor who held the World Middleweight title. 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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Mar 10, 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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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...
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 ring...
Rocky Graziano was a boxer and actor, known for his knockout power and his role in Somebody Up There Likes Me. He was born in 1919 in New York, served in the army, and died in 1990 after a stroke.
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- May 22, 1990
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Learn about Rocky Graziano, one of the most popular fighters of any era, who fought between welterweight and middleweight divisions. He knocked out Freddie Cochrane twice and Tony Zale once, but lost to Sugar Ray Robinson for the middleweight title.
Rocky Graziano was a middleweight boxer who fought from 1942 to 1952. He won the world title in 1951 and had 67 wins, 10 losses and 6 draws in his career.
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