Although he retires unbeaten, Marciano’s comebacks are

In June 1954, unbeaten heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano defended his title against former champion Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in New York.

The first round was Rocky for Rocky. Charles was a very good flight. There were sharp chopping rights from Charles, who opened a cut on Marciano’s eye. By the fourth round, Marciano wiped the blood from his eye. Marciano’s body struck, but he went in there to fight back. Marciano’s granite jaw took everything Charles gained against a man with twice as much experience.

Marciano’s left eye track was still bleeding. Charles would push Marciano back if he was in clinic. Marciano landed a capital letter and shocked Charles. The mouth of Charles spit blood from a left hook from Marciano. Charles started to be tired because Marciano was solid like a rock.

A combination of Marciano on the chin shocked Charles who pushed Marciano into a clinic. Charles’s cheekbones blew up.

It was the last round with Marciano having turned the tide since the tenth round. Charles, who is still trying not to strike, was holding onto when he was near. Marciano continued the attack and tried to knock out. Knowing that Charles won the first half of the fight, it may have come to the finals. For the first time in fifteen rounds, Charles touched the ropes and showed how exhausted he was. Then came the decision. 8-6-1 Marciano. 8-5-2 Even. Marciano 9-5-1 Marciano is still the champion of the world.

In September, they became again at the Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Marciano dropped Charles down in the second round. In the seventh round, Marciano’s nose was badly cut. The ringart told him that he had only one round left, or that he would stop the fight. In the next round, Marciano dropped Charles again and ended the fight.

Looking back at other comebacks, he fights with ‘Jersey’ Joe Walcott for his title. Walcott was in rounds 4-7, 4-8, 5-7 after 12 rounds. In the thirteenth round, Marciano landed a right to the chin, completely changed the face of Walcott’s shape, and he went to the spade.

In September 1950, Marciano won a split decision on Roland Lastarza in Madison Square Garden with a scores of 5-5, 4-5 and 5-4. According to New York’s scoring system, the referee (not a judge) won Marciano 9-6 and made the decision. Lastarza was down in the fourth round, and Marciano lost a point in the eighth round due to a low hold.

In September 1953, about three years later, when Marciano was champion, they had a rematch. Marciano was ahead with a score of 5-1 and 6-1 twice, and Lastarza knocked out in the eighth round.