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- Thomas Rocco Barbella (January 1, 1919 – May 22, 1990), better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer and actor who held the World Middleweight title. Graziano is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displaying the capacity to take his opponent out with a single punch.
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Thomas Rocco Barbella (January 1, 1919 [1] – May 22, 1990), better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer and actor who held the World Middleweight title. [2] Graziano is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displaying the capacity to take his opponent out with a single punch.
Rocky Graziano (born January 1, 1919, New York, New York, U.S.—died May 22, 1990, New York) was an American boxer and world middleweight champion (1947–48). (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 23, 1990 · Rocky Graziano, the former middleweight boxing champion whose life was turned into a movie, died of cardiopulmonary failure last night at New York Hospital. He was 71 years old.
Rocky Graziano, is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, having the capacity to take any of his opponents out with a single punch. Sugar Ray Robinson , who fought Graziano in 1952, said, "No one ever hit me harder than Rocky."
Rocky Graziano was the middleweight champion for 11 months during the late forties, but his three wars with Tony Zale plus his winning personality have contributed to making the Rock a ring...
World Middleweight title. On February 7, 1947, the NYSAC revoked Graziano's boxing license and threatened to bar him for life for his failure to report two $100, 000 bribe offers. The NBA, which controlled boxing virtually everywhere in the U.S. outside of New York, did not recognize NYSAC's decision.
Rocky Graziano was an American professional boxer, who fought a total of 83 fights throughout his career, spanning over 10 years, from 1942 to 1952. During this time, he achieved a record of 67 wins, 10 losses, 6 draws, and 0 no-contests.
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