Talk:Rocky Marciano

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[edit] Starting over

Let's keep it clean now. Article needs improvement. The talk page is now archived, it was messy and at times silly, somebody should investigate and write a paragraph on the cause of Rocky's death, I mean, in full, what happened that night. Note, this article is Class B and requires clean up and additional references Indianawisdom (UTC)

[edit] Punches in a round

Can anybody share some info? An average boxer champion how many times will he hit an opponent, how many of those hits will land on the money? Marciano did it 90 times against Charles in their return bout. Do they mean it was 90 landed or 90-100 total?

[1] Here I found some info on number of punches per round. User_talk:Dale4sail

[edit] The Last Ride Aug 31 1969

'After dinner at STP (motor oil company)|STP]] founder Andy Granatelli's home where Rock reportedly gave Granatelli's son boxing lessons after he was being picked on in school.' This needs correction. Do we know that for sure? Other books say Rocky had a dinner at restaurant. I do know he was making a comomercial for Motor Oil Industry. At that time he was making money by doing commercials. Did he finish it, does footage exist?? Speaking of last ride, the last fight, Rocky had some plans to do it, but he wanted to get paid well, he was tired of giving 50% to his manager. He wanted 25K under the table. It seems to me nobody took him seriously about retirement! Leave me a message:User_talk:Dale4sail

[edit] Breaking the Record

In 1985, Spinks beat David Sears and Jim McDonald, both by knockout, in title defenses, before challenging Larry Holmes for the world's Heavyweight championship in a fight recognized by the IBF. Holmes was trying to tie Rocky Marciano's record of 49-0 as the Heavyweight champion with the most fights undefeated, but it was Spinks who made double history that night, winning a 15 round split decision and becoming the first world Light Heavyweight champion ever to win the world Heavyweight title after being Light Heavyweight champion. With this, Michael and Leon had also become the first pair of brothers ever to be world Heavyweight champions. The fight was, once again, broadcast by HBO. In the return bout, Spinks won again. It is interesting to note that the fight was on 9 21 1985, exactly 30 years to the date of Rocky's 49th bout. No doubt Don King wanted to make more money. But that was very disrespectful to Marcianos and the fans. Why did Holmes fight so bad? Was he over the hill?User_talk:Dale4sail

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