From James J. Corbett to Jack Dempsey to Rocky Marciano, men who weighed less than 200 pounds ruled the sport’s glamour division. Who weighed the least among heavyweight champions? Here are the 10 ...

BROCKTON – Sixty years ago tonight, he stepped into a boxing ring for the 49th time in a perfect professional career. Undefeated Rocky Marciano of Brockton put his heavyweight championship on the line ...

You don’t need to be a fan of boxing to enjoy the new biography of heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano by veteran journalist and University of Connecticut professor Mike Stanton. “Unbeaten” (Henry ...

A tribute to Rocky Marciano’s legendary boxing trainer, Allie Colombo, will be held tomorrow night at Joe Angelo’s Café in Brockton. Both Marciano (49-0, 43 KOs), who retired in 1956 as the only ...

40 years ago next Monday, former undefeated heavyweight champion of the world Rocky Marciano died instantly when a private plane that he was a passenger in struck a tree near a small airfield outside ...

Fifty years ago Saturday, Rocky Marciano died in a plane crash in Iowa. It was the day before his 46th birthday, and the news of his death came as a shock to everyone, especially those who knew him in ...

BROCKTON — A years-long effort by dedicated Brocktonians has landed Rocky Marciano's childhood home on the National Register of Historic Places. The future undefeated heavyweight boxing champ lived ...

BROCKTON — For a "wax museum" school project, 9-year-old Zelly Perez studied hometown hero Rocky Marciano. She even played him in class, complete with an embroidered boxing robe her mom got on Amazon.