It was Marciano's sixth and last title defense before retiring in 1956.

Duva was one of the last persons that Marciano spoke to before Marciano's plane crashed in 1969.

In 2006, an ESPN poll voted Marciano's 1952 championship bout against Walcott as the greatest knockout ever.

However Marciano's camp cancelled the upcoming bout when Marciano's hand was injured in training.

" It was feared, particularly among those who had witnessed Marciano's punching power first hand, that Louis's unwillingness to quit would result in serious injury.

In his youth, he played baseball with his brother Peter a. k. a Sonny and David Rooslet ( a neighborhood friend of Marciano's ), worked out on homemade weightlifting equipment ( later in his life, Marciano was also a client of Charles Atlas ) and used a stuffed mail bag that hung from a tree in his back yard as a heavy bag.

Marciano's amateur record was 8 – 4.

Marciano's punch was tested and it was featured in the December 1963 issue of Boxing Illustrated: " Marciano's knockout blow packs more explosive energy than an armour-piercing bullet and represents as much energy as would be required to spot lift 1000 pounds one foot off the ground.

Going into the fight, Michalczewski was positioned to tie Rocky Marciano's all-time record of 49 wins and no losses.

5 ' 11 ), stoop shouldered, balding, clumsy heavyweight, with inordinately short arms ( Marciano's reach was the shortest of any heavyweight champion at 69 inches ).

Marciano's defense was particularly deceiving.

If Holmes had been victorious against Spinks, he would have tied Rocky Marciano's career record of 49-0.

After Marciano's retirement, however, Kingston's Mid-South work mainly involved one-on-one matches, including a lengthy feud against Ian Rotten.

When the fight began, Archie learned that, due to the angle of Marciano's crouch, he could hit Marciano with a hook only if he placed himself in position to be hit by Marciano.

On September 21, 1955, Moore went up in weight to face future Hall of Famer Rocky Marciano for Marciano's Heavyweight Championship.

On May 22, 2004, the Toxic Trio faced Icarus, Akuma and Quackenbush in an Ultimate Jeopardy match, where Kingston's, Marciano's and Icarus ' hair, Jigsaw's and Akuma's masks and Quackenbush's various championship belts were on the line.

Holmes won his first forty-eight professional bouts, almost matching Rocky Marciano's streak of 49 straight wins, including victories over Ken Norton, Muhammad Ali, Gerry Cooney, and Marvis Frazier.

The next day, Rocky and Robert take a trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Rocky gives his son Rocky Marciano's cuff-link, given to him years ago as a gift from Mickey.

The ring announcer in Providence, Rhode Island could not pronounce Marchegiano, so Marciano's handler, Al Weill, suggested they create a pseudonym.

Walcott dropped Marciano in the first round and steadily built a points lead ; but in the thirteenth, Walcott used his trademark feint to set up his right hand, but Marciano's " Suzie Q " landed first.

A bronze statue of Marciano has been erected in Ripa Teatina, Italy, to celebrate the birthplace of Marciano's father.

* Check-Six. com – The Crash of Rocky Marciano's Cessna plane

She also took part in two of Paul Marciano's Guess campaigns in 2000.

He also sought to turn Marciano's shortcomings into advantages.

Goldman tied Marciano's ankles together with a string to teach him to spread his feet at the appropriate width.

Van Brocklin, the quarterback who led the Eagles to the title, was signed by the Vikings last Wednesday.

The last words of the poem " On Wenlock Edge " are used by Audrey R. Langer for the title of the 1989 novel Ashes Under Uricon.

The 2009 novel Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy takes its title from Housman's poem " Reveille ", and a line from Housman's poem XVI " How Clear, How Lovely Bright ", was used for the title of the last Inspector Morse book The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter.

The top five longest running Beano comic strips are, in descending order, Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Bash Street Kids, Roger the Dodger, then the last holder of the title before Dennis, Lord Snooty.

The last holder of the title, Kung Te-cheng of the 77th generation, was appointed Sacrificial Official to Confucius.

As compensation to the last sovereign duke, the title only could be continued by Francesco Maria II, and after his death by his heir, Federico Ubaldo.

Originally an earthly king ruling by divine appointment (" the anointed one ", as the title Messiah had it ), the " son of David " became in the last two pre-Christian centuries the apocalyptic and heavenly one who would deliver Israel and usher in a new kingdom.

Books are catalogued in ascending numerical order ; when two or more books have the same classification number, the system sub-divides the class alphabetically, by the use of a call number ( usually the first letter, or letters, of the author's last name, or the title if there is no identifiable author.

: The first, Doctor Syn ( 1937 ), featured noted actor George Arliss in the title role and was its star's last film.

"' I Love Lucy ' was never just a title ", wrote Arnaz in the last years of his life.

Claiming the ancient primacy of Peter and the title of " Apostolic See ", it remained the last court of episcopal appeal in serious matters for the whole Church, East and West.

In the last decade of the 20th century the American poet Denis Garrison developed a two-line 17 syllable variation of the image couplet with his Crystalline, where euphony is the key component and a title thereto optional.

That title was relinquished by the last Kaisar-i-Hind George VI when India was granted independence on 15 August 1947.

The title was briefly revived from 12 December 1915 to 22 March 1916 by President Yuan Shikai and again in early July 1917 when General Zhang Xun attempted to restore last Qing emperor Puyi to the throne.

The emperors of the last dynasty of Vietnam hold this title with true power until the French conquered Vietnam and established their domination on the land.

In May 1565 she wrote to Cecil, urging that the money from family properties set aside for Oxford's use during his minority by his father's will should be entrusted to herself and other family friends to protect it and ensure that he would be able to meet the expenses of furnishing his household and suing his livery when he reached his majority ; this last would end his wardship though cancelling his debt with that Court, and convey the powers attached to his title.

The last one, Ninti ( Lady Rib ), is also a pun on Lady Life, a title of Ninhursag herself.

He last starred on stage as the title character in Visiting Mr. Green.

This last phrase ( from 1 Timothy 6: 20 ) is the origin of the title of the book by Irenaeus, On the Detection and Overthrow of False Knowledge, that contains the adjective gnostikos, which is the source for the 17th Century English term " Gnosticism.

After a last brief reunification ( 884 – 887 ), the imperial title ceased to be held in the western realm, which was to form the basis of the future French kingdom.

The fact that the result came late during the last matchday of the season makes the sudden and unexpected end to the rossoneris title ambitions all the more memorable.

Yet in 1971 the teams were engaged in a heated race that went down to the final week of the season, where Miami won its first division title with a 10 – 3 – 1 title compared to the 10 – 4 Baltimore record after the Colts won the Week 13 matchup between them at home, but proceeded to lose the last game of the season to Boston.

Unfortunately, the amount of speech that could be compressed into a 4K or 8K ROM cartridge was limited, and the system did not sell as well as Mattel had hoped ; while the initial orders were as high as 300, 000 units for the Intellivoice module and its initial game-cartridge offerings, interest in future titles dropped rapidly until the fourth and last Intellivoice title, Tron: Solar Sailer, sold a mere 90, 000 units.