Rocky, thanks for this photo of Carmine Vingo ,brave as can be absorbing a beating just before his near fatal knockout at the hands of the rising star Rocky Marciano...As I have posted before my dad and I were at that bout Dec. 30,1949 at the old MSG...This photo brings a lump in my throat recalling that night so darn long ago...:hi:
His face is a mess,he's hurting and he'd rather die then quit. They don't make them like they use too.