Rocky Marciano
Awards And Accomplishments
In his nine years as a professional boxer, Marciano was never defeated, winning all of his forty-nine bouts, an astonishing forty-three of them in knockouts. He is the only heavyweight boxing champion to retire completely undefeated. | |
1948 | Golden Glove Champion |
1951 | Awarded Packy McFarland Memorial Trophy by an association of Chicago boxing writers |
1952 | World heavyweight boxing champion |
1952 | Awarded Edward Neil Memorial Plaque by an association of New York boxing writers |
1952, 1954 | Named Fighter of the Year by Ring magazine |
1990 | Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame |
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