Which Of Rocky's Fights Were Fixed?

nino valdes

 

I read that Rocky boxed his brother in an exhibition.

 

I'm thinking it could only have been before Rocky was high profile which working backward would have been into the 1940s. I think Sonny was a high school kid in 1952 so any earlier can't add up.

Like all prospects Rocky would have fought some opponents who had horrible credentials early on. I don't doubt a lot would be untraceable. There was a great story about an early Ali opponent who vanished. Late sub who came from a Miami ghetto that nobody could find. No info could be found on what became of him.

 

Maybe the story isn't true? If it were, that wouldn't suprise me at all, either.

 

It don't add up.

Think about it.

Sonny marciano was a 165lb 18 year old high school kid in 1952, how heavy and short would Sonny have been at age 13 in 1947? He could have been 100lb and 5'3" with spots.

Even with a different name What commission could have allowed Any undefeated pro heavyweight fight a small 13 year old boy?

 

yes, today i am nearly 30 and i weigh 208 pounds,at 18 i weighed 175 pounds and at 13 i weighed around 111 pounds, so yes, it is very probable that sonny at 13 weighed 100 pounds if he weighed 165 natural pounds at 18

 

I think Weill was confused but that's not to say odd things did not happen early in any fighters early career. Not just Rocky.

I think there was a lot of unknown guys using different names. I don't doubt in the early stages of ALL fighters careers funny things happened with quality control. Boxers using other identities was common up to a level. Wasn't he a black guy last time? The expression "the real McCoy" started out as a boxing expression after all.

Even Fritzie zivic claimed to have taken his brothers place in fights. With no TV who was to know?

However, Marciano fighting his 13 year old kid brother is a stretch too far.


Any fighters career only starts to count once he moves into the "known" category. The preliminary circuits is just part of a process on the way to becoming a fighter. All sorts of liberty's are taken in order for a prospects learning process to run super smoothly. Mismatches are still fed to the marketed youngsters and alkways will be. It keeps them busy and covers their expenses.

It takes more than talent to reach the top.

 

Mcvey,

When Marciano retired, boxing experts(including Nat Fleischer)....heavily investigated his professional boxing record to see if it checked out accordingly. There findings were Marciano's record of 49-0 was indeed correct, as were all the opponents he fought.

 

Was it Burt or JG, or even Henry Hascupp, who said on here that it was well known the rocky fought his brother several times in smokers.

 

He did do that. He fought his pro debut against lee eperson under the name rocky Mack. He did it to make some quick money while saving his amatuer status. He then went back to the amateurs(illegally) and lost a few fights before being banned from national golden gloves because it was discovered he fought a pro fight. Bottom line...Marciano never lost a PRO fight