Rocky Marciano vs. Gino Buonvino (1st meeting) - Revision history

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			*'''See also:''' [[Rocky Marciano vs. Gino Buonvino (2nd meeting)]]

	The night Marciano fought Buonvino at Braves Field in Boston proved to be a surreal experience for all involved, because the fight took place amid a steady drizzle, under poor lighting, and within a ring that was antique and dilapidated. "I'll never forget that night," a bemused Marciano would say two years later. "It was raining and they put the fight on early. And what a ring. It was really small and tilted. I felt like I was fighting uphill all night."		The night Marciano fought Buonvino at Braves Field in Boston proved to be a surreal experience for all involved, because the fight took place amid a steady drizzle, under poor lighting, and within a ring that was antique and dilapidated. "I'll never forget that night," a bemused Marciano would say two years later. "It was raining and they put the fight on early. And what a ring. It was really small and tilted. I felt like I was fighting uphill all night."

	Arthur Siegel of the ''Boston Traveler'' was unimpressed by Marciano's tenth-round TKO victory. He wrote that the heavyweight field must be "a stinker" if Marciano was a leading contender, because the Brockton heavyweight was nothing more than "a good club fighter." [http://books.google.com/books?id=BH4LHMbERT8C&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=Rocky+Marciano+Gino+Buonvino&source=bl&ots=9li23iye0L&sig=pXDOLbv-h7Jrl-4YRO53Pmcqkvg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UhMyVMXNMNi2yASrm4DoDg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=Rocky%20Marciano%20Gino%20Buonvino&f=false]		Arthur Siegel of the ''Boston Traveler'' was unimpressed by Marciano's tenth-round TKO victory. He wrote that the heavyweight field must be "a stinker" if Marciano was a leading contender, because the Brockton heavyweight was nothing more than "a good club fighter." [http://books.google.com/books?id=BH4LHMbERT8C&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=Rocky+Marciano+Gino+Buonvino&source=bl&ots=9li23iye0L&sig=pXDOLbv-h7Jrl-4YRO53Pmcqkvg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UhMyVMXNMNi2yASrm4DoDg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=Rocky%20Marciano%20Gino%20Buonvino&f=false]

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The night Marciano fought Buonvino at Braves Field in Boston proved to be a surreal experience for all involved, because the fight took place amid a steady drizzle, under poor lighting, and within a ring that was antique and dilapidated. "I'll never forget that night," a bemused Marciano would say two years later. "It was raining and they put the fight on early. And what a ring. It was really small and tilted. I felt like I was fighting uphill all night."

Arthur Siegel of the ''Boston Traveler'' was unimpressed by Marciano's tenth-round TKO victory. He wrote that the heavyweight field must be "a stinker" if Marciano was a leading contender, because the Brockton heavyweight was nothing more than "a good club fighter." [http://books.google.com/books?id=BH4LHMbERT8C&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=Rocky+Marciano+Gino+Buonvino&source=bl&ots=9li23iye0L&sig=pXDOLbv-h7Jrl-4YRO53Pmcqkvg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UhMyVMXNMNi2yASrm4DoDg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=Rocky%20Marciano%20Gino%20Buonvino&f=false]