It's a well-worn route, and one Rocky used when he'd run home-cooked lunch over to his dad at the Stacey Adams Shoe Factory. This is the Rocky Marciano family home at 168 Dover St. in Brockton.

The photographs accompanying this article are from Rocky Marciano’s brother, Peter. Also seen in the phots are Rocky Jr and his family. The WBC was represented by Mike George and Jim Mercante.

The legendary Joe Frazier once revealed the three heavyweights in boxing history that he believes are even greater than Muhammad Ali.

At Yankee Stadium in New York, Rocky Marciano successfully defended his title for the sixth and last time, retiring unbeaten in September 1955.

Peter Marciano, Rocky’s brother, and Rocky Marciano Jr., his son, were speaking to USA Today (h/t Josh Peter of BoxingJunkie.com) when the former was asked if Rocky, revered as a gentleman ...

JACKI LYDEN, host: That was the call back in 1952 when another undefeated champ, Rocky Marciano, knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott. The bell's still ringing for the people of Brockton, Massachusetts.

Marciano knocked out Walcott in a rematch some eight months later. He stopped the :Brown Bomber” and former heavyweight champion Joe Louis in a comeback attempt with an 8th round TKO on October ...

On Dec. 30, 1949, Vingo faced Rocky Marciano, son of a Brockton shoemaker, at Madison Square Garden in a highly anticipated matchup of two young, up-and-coming heavyweights with 30 knockouts ...

Rich also said that that Rocky's brother, Peter, is expected to not only attend the show but to address the crowd. For updated information on the Marciano show in Fall River, visit Mike Herren's ...

Eight years ago today, one of boxing’s greatest champions, Floyd Mayweather, came out of retirement at the age of 40 to take ...