Description
| Product ID: | 9781785313813 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Title: | Rocky Marciano |
| Subtitle: | The Brockton Blockbuster |
| Authors: | Author: John Jarrett |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Biography: sport, Biography: sport, Boxing, Boxing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Say hello to the world's only undefeated heavyweight champion, a guy called Rocky Marciano, who defied physical limitations - 'He's too small, too short, too light, too old.' Hard-hitting Marciano blasted his way to 49 wins, 43 inside the distance. His mantra was, `If you want to live a full life, then live dangerously.' Rocky did that, all right! Say hello to the world''s only undefeated heavyweight champion, a guy called Rocky Marciano, who defied physical limitations - `He''s too small, too short, too light, too old.'' With just a 67-inch reach, two left feet and under six feet tall, tough, hard-hitting Marciano blasted his way to 49 wins, 43 inside the distance. He was impervious to pain: you could knock him down but you couldn''t knock him out. Marciano KO''d Jersey Joe Walcott in a 1952 thriller to become world champion. Defending his title five times, he brought the million-dollar gate back to boxing in 1955 when he crushed Archie Moore in his final fight. He then criss-crossed America making public appearances, for cash only. He built a network of friends, businessmen and Mob guys who willingly paid his way, fed him, dressed him and flew him around. And that''s how he died, hitching a ride in a plane that crashed in an Iowa cornfield in 1969, on the eve of his 46th birthday. His mantra was, `If you want to live a full life, then live dangerously.'' Rocky did that, all right! |
| Imprint Name: | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-05-15 |
