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.

BROCKTON - Even though city pride and the statue of his father is on the line, the son of Brockton native and undefeated heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano supports a bet made by the mayor over the ...

BROCKTON — Hanging onto every jab, an audience of Brockton residents and boxing fans from near and far gathered to watch a fight of which they already knew the outcome. Despite the foregone conclusion ...

The movie about undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano is being made with the cooperation of the boxer's family By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast The real-life inspiration for ...

Pulitzer Prize winner Mike Stanton profiles the pride of Brockton, heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano, in his biography Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano’s Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World. Pulitzer Prize ...

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 ...

From the 1910s to the 1950s, baseball and boxing ruled the sports world. Both sports were thoroughly democratic: In the ring, Rex Layne fought Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Graziano took on Tony Zale. As ...

In the 1950s, there was no bigger star than heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano. But as years have passed, his story has faded. That’s until former Providence Journal reporter and New York Times ...

BROCKTON (CBS) – The bout between boxer Floyd Mayweather and MMA fighter Conor McGregor could be the fight of the century. They will go toe to toe Saturday night in Las Vegas and it could be the most ...

CYNTHIA SWEENEY [email protected] May 6, 2021 May 6, 2021 It was estimated the entire town of 1,400 lined the streets and rooftops to see boxing champion Rocky Marciano ride into town in the ...

Corrections/clarifications: A previous version of this story included inaccurate information about the cause of death for Rocky Marciano Sr. Rocky Marciano Jr. said ...