Todays date a boxing legend was born 82 years ago, The Rock
Posted: 01 Sep 2005, 13:41
Rocky Marciano's birthday is today sept 1. he would have been 82 if he were still alive.
i thought this might be a good time to pay a tribute to him,
so post ur thoughts on him as a fighter and a man, and share some stories that u have heard on him that other people might not know about.
i guess il share a story of him as a kid. this was when he first discovered his Suzie Q. he was 16 i believe.
so there was a minor league baseball team that plays all the time in brockton , and they had a ball boy names julie durham. he was a big strong kid. his job was to fetch the foul balls and make sre no ones steals it. so rocky and his friends Eugene slyvester and izzy gold. loved to hide in the woods and then grab the foul ball and take off before julie durham could catch them.
well one time a foul ball was hit and Eugene grabbed it, and before he knew it julie durham was coming right at him. Eugene dropped the ball and kicked it in the bushes.
Julie durham went "wheres the ball" and Eugene went "what ball"??
Julie durham said "u know what im talking about, give me the ball or i am gonna have to kick ur ass." well rocky and Izzy were standing right next to eugene. Rocky stepped up and said "if u want to fight him ur gonna have to get through me." then eugene said "no rocky i can take him, let me have it." Then rocky did what eugene slyvester inside had been praying he would do to save himself from a beating, rocky said "No Euey ill take him, this is my fight."
well Julie immedietely hit him with a sharp sucker jab to rockys nose and rocky fell down. then rocky got up with his nose bleeding(even then he had a susceptible nose to blood) and then Rocky tough as nails and doesnt care about getting hurt goes after julie durham and for the the next couple minutes the two trade blows with the bigger stronger julie durham getting the better of it . it appeared that rocky was about to lose the battle and get knocked out when out of nowhere rocky fired a roundhouse overhand right that landed right on julie durhams chin. and just in a matter of seconds, it went from durham beating on rocky to durham laying on the ground out cold from one right hand punch.
All the kids watching were schocked, Izzy said to rock " hey great job, but gee whered u get a punch like that man??"
rocky "i dont know it came out of nowhere. but hey that julie durham kids not such a bad kid after all, we should hang out with him sometime."
and rocky and julie durham became firends, with durham attending some of his fights. but on that hott summer day, Rocky showed his first sign of what was yet to come.
i always liked that story. anyone wanna share some rare stories that u cant find in books or articles???
i thought this might be a good time to pay a tribute to him,
so post ur thoughts on him as a fighter and a man, and share some stories that u have heard on him that other people might not know about.
i guess il share a story of him as a kid. this was when he first discovered his Suzie Q. he was 16 i believe.
so there was a minor league baseball team that plays all the time in brockton , and they had a ball boy names julie durham. he was a big strong kid. his job was to fetch the foul balls and make sre no ones steals it. so rocky and his friends Eugene slyvester and izzy gold. loved to hide in the woods and then grab the foul ball and take off before julie durham could catch them.
well one time a foul ball was hit and Eugene grabbed it, and before he knew it julie durham was coming right at him. Eugene dropped the ball and kicked it in the bushes.
Julie durham went "wheres the ball" and Eugene went "what ball"??
Julie durham said "u know what im talking about, give me the ball or i am gonna have to kick ur ass." well rocky and Izzy were standing right next to eugene. Rocky stepped up and said "if u want to fight him ur gonna have to get through me." then eugene said "no rocky i can take him, let me have it." Then rocky did what eugene slyvester inside had been praying he would do to save himself from a beating, rocky said "No Euey ill take him, this is my fight."
well Julie immedietely hit him with a sharp sucker jab to rockys nose and rocky fell down. then rocky got up with his nose bleeding(even then he had a susceptible nose to blood) and then Rocky tough as nails and doesnt care about getting hurt goes after julie durham and for the the next couple minutes the two trade blows with the bigger stronger julie durham getting the better of it . it appeared that rocky was about to lose the battle and get knocked out when out of nowhere rocky fired a roundhouse overhand right that landed right on julie durhams chin. and just in a matter of seconds, it went from durham beating on rocky to durham laying on the ground out cold from one right hand punch.
All the kids watching were schocked, Izzy said to rock " hey great job, but gee whered u get a punch like that man??"
rocky "i dont know it came out of nowhere. but hey that julie durham kids not such a bad kid after all, we should hang out with him sometime."
and rocky and julie durham became firends, with durham attending some of his fights. but on that hott summer day, Rocky showed his first sign of what was yet to come.
i always liked that story. anyone wanna share some rare stories that u cant find in books or articles???
