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That the most number of rounds fought in a single fight was ... 276 rounds in a bout between Patsy Tunney and Jack Jones in 1825 in Cheshire, England

Youngest pro debut by a fighter.
1. Baby Arizmendi age 10
2. Teddy Baldock age 14
3. Al McCoy age 14
4. Battling Nelson age 14
5. Georges Carpentier age 14

Here is a list of nick names given to Ali opponents by Ali
1. The Mummy (George Foreman)
2. The Ugly Bear (Sonny Liston)
3. Dracula (Leon Spinks)
4. The Peanut (Larry Holmes)
5. The Octupus (Ernie Terrell)
6. The Rabbit (Floyd Patterson)
7. The Washerwoman (George Chuvalo)

When Rocky Marciano died he left behind no will, no insurance and little in assets. Rocky was known for his peny pinching and as much as 1 million dollars in cash is still missing. One time Rocky went to the movies with his daughter and stashed a brown bag under the seat while they watched the movie. Rocky forgot about the bag but his daughter remembered and handed the bag to her father. In it was $40,000 in cash! Rocky hated banks and always kept cash hidden.... perhaps it is buried somewhere in Brockton?

And don't forget:

The Acorn (Ernie Shavers)
And a good one he labelled Ken Norton with after their first fight. He called him "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".

I think I read recently that Marciano's daughter works in a burger bar on minimum wages, if only her father had left a will.

KOJOE90 wrote:I think I read recently that Marciano's daughter works in a burger bar on minimum wages, if only her father had left a will.

It was Marciano's penny-pinching that led to his death in a plane crash in 1969. Rocky hired a single-engined Cessna for a flight to Iowa. It was piloted by Glenn Belz, who had only 231 hours flying time behind him - and only 35 of those at night. A weather briefing warned of stormy skies over Iowa, with a low cloud ceiling. And it was night.
Furthermore, Belz had not been cleared to navigate by instruments.
Marciano hired him, of course, because he was cheap.

And wasn't Marciano paranoid about ending up skint? I remember reading a story about him a few years ago and if I'm correct his son was interviewed and they reckon his money is buried (literally) all over the place. Of course, he died, leaving no will, so his family couldn't even find the money, let alone sort out who got what. Bizarre.

REAL_DEAL wrote:

Youngest pro debut by a fighter.
1. Baby Arizmendi age 10
2. Teddy Baldock age 14
3. Al McCoy age 14
4. Battling Nelson age 14
5. Georges Carpentier age 14

I remember hearing a few years ago that Manuel Madina turned pro at 13!! If this is true then the Mexican hard man is worthy of a mention in this list.

I heard he was 17 Terrible but i am not sure, never realised Maricano was a skin flint. I have read a quarter of his autobiography and it does not as yet mention any of this...however he is still only in his early twenties in the section i am in at present

DIRT SUGAR wrote:And wasn't Marciano paranoid about ending up skint? I remember reading a story about him a few years ago and if I'm correct his son was interviewed and they reckon his money is buried (literally) all over the place. Of course, he died, leaving no will, so his family couldn't even find the money, let alone sort out who got what. Bizarre.

There's quite a good TV movie called Marciano (its been shown a few times on Hallmark), this gives an image of a guy with a paranoia for money.

stujones wrote:

DIRT SUGAR wrote:And wasn't Marciano paranoid about ending up skint? I remember reading a story about him a few years ago and if I'm correct his son was interviewed and they reckon his money is buried (literally) all over the place. Of course, he died, leaving no will, so his family couldn't even find the money, let alone sort out who got what. Bizarre.

There's quite a good TV movie called Marciano (its been shown a few times on Hallmark), this gives an image of a guy with a paranoia for money.

Wouldn't admit to watching the Hallmark channel if I were you....