Rocky Marciano facts
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About Harry Haft, a Polish boxer in the 40's who was trained in Auschwitz by Nazis to fight to the death for the amusement of military personel. He retired after fighting Rocky Marciano.
how rocky marciano died?
In 1969 a fictional boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano was shown in movie theaters around the world. They were each filmed acting out every possible fight scenario and a computer used probability data to come to the result of a Marciano win by KO in the 13th.
What killed rocky marciano?
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what did rocky marciano die of?
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Rocky Balboa's namesake, Rocky Marciano, had such short arms that despite being 5ft 10 had only a 2 inch reach advantage over the 5ft 2 Jimmy wilde
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When Muhammad Ali watched "The Super Fight" (a computer simulated fight between himself and Rocky Marciano) and saw that he lost in the 13th round, he joked, "That computer was made in Alabama."
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Louis began a short boxing comeback in 1950 to payback the IRS. The comeback ended when he was knocked out in October 26, 1951 by another boxing legend, Rocky Marciano.
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Rocky Balboa was a real boxer named Rocky Marciano, who was the idol of fictional boxer Rocky Balboa
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Chuck Bodak, a boxing "cutman" worked with over 50 world champions including Mohammad Ali and Rocky Marciano, earned two Purple Heart awards in the Battle of the Bulge from being shot twice, and hand-made jewelry and collages.
