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.

Boxing legend Rocky Marciano died in a plane crash near Newton in 1969 — one of three Marciano family connections to Iowa. Marciano was the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion from 1952 until he ...

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 ...

The World Boxing Council has unanimously approved the project to build a statue in honor of undefeated world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. The decision was made on the eve of the pre-eminent ...

When Mike Stanton was researching what would become "The Prince of Providence," his riveting book about mayor-turned-felon Buddy Cianci, he learned that Cianci's father used to take him to the fights ...

Rocky Marciano’s childhood home on Dover Street has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, honoring the late boxing legend’s legacy. The designation was announced on Saturday, ...

In Brockton, Mass., size does matter. Host Jacki Lyden talks us through the controversy surrounding the size of a proposed Rocky Marciano statue to commemorate the hometown prize fighter. That was the ...

After a year hiatus, the Rocky Marciano Tournament of Champions is stepping back into the ring. The premier south of Boston boxing event wasn't held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but returns ...