In 1970, moviegoers could watch Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano square off in the ring..."live." Sort of (ToonIsALoon/Wikimedia Commons) It’s 1967. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Supremes and the ...

BROCKTON – A napkin with a stick figure drawing of the world’s most famous boxer hangs on a wall in a Brockton restaurant — and the artist signed it himself: Muhammad Ali. Brockton has always been ...

Slate’s sports podcast on Super Bowl I, basketball inventor James Naismith, and a fake fight between Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali.

"Is Ali the same fighter that got beat by a fighter with seven fights? Leon Spinks beat Muhammad Ali when he only had seven fights. What’s the heavyweight guy that Ali fought three times, Ken Norton?

Now that Floyd Mayweather beat Conor McGregor on August 26, he has surpassed Rocky Marciano’s perfect 49-0 record. Marciano, held the World Heavyweight Title from 1952 to 1956, is widely regarded as ...

The sports world woke up to a punch in the gut 50 years ago the morning of Sept. 1 — the death of iconic heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. The night before, on the eve of his 46th birthday, ...