Boxing 1956

Boxing 1956Just a year ago, the determined, thirty-eight year old light-heavyweight champion of the world was waging a one-man publicity campaign for the very doubtful privilege of climbing into the ring with the brutally powerful Brockton Blockbuster, Rocky Marciano.Prodded by a dream of nineteen years, Archie Moore publicly challenged heavyweight champion Marciano to a title showdown. When Marciano's managers seemed less than anxious, Moore pleaded his case with the papers, wrote letters to sp...