Marciano brothers biography of martin
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Fletcher Martin
American painter, illustrator, muralist and educator
Fletcher Martin (April 19, – May 30, ) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist and educator. He is best known for his images of military life during World War II and his sometimes brutal images of boxing and other sports.
Early life
[edit]Martin was born in in Palisade, Colorado, one of sju children of newspaperman Clinton Martin and his wife Josephine. The family relocated to Idaho and later Washington. bygd the age of twelve he was working as a printer. He dropped out of high school and held odd jobs such as lumberjack and professional boxer. He served in the U.S. Navy, His artistic skills were largely self-taught.
Career
[edit]Martin worked as a printer in Los Angeles in the late s, and as an assistant to Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros in the early s. He taught at local art schools such as Otis Art Institute.
He won commissions to paint murals for the New Deal's Section of Pai
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Rocky Marciano
American boxer (–)
Not to be confused with Roc Marciano or Rocky Graziano.
Rocco Francis Marchegiano (September 1, – August 31, ; Italian pronunciation:[markeˈdʒaːno]), better known as Rocky Marciano (, Italian:[marˈtʃaːno]), was an American professional boxer who competed from to He held the world heavyweight championship from to , and remains the only heavyweight champion to finish his career undefeated.[4] His six title defenses were against Jersey Joe Walcott (from whom he had taken the title), Roland La Starza, Ezzard Charles (twice), Don Cockell and Archie Moore.
Known for his relentless fighting style, formidable punching power, stamina, and exceptionally durable chin, Marciano is considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time.[5] Marciano remains the only fighter to have stopped every opponent he ever faced for the world heavyweight title, and shares, with Joe Louis, the highest knockout-to-win perc
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Rocky Marciano as the Real Italian Stallion The hard and soft life of the last great Italian-American fighter.
Gerald Early
Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano’s Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World
By Mike Stanton(, Henry Holt) pages including index, a note on sources, and photos
1. The Way Some Prizefighters Lose
Keep your hands up, your chin down, and your ass off the floor.
—Welterweight and Middleweight Boxing Legend Sugar Ray Robinson’s Rules for Success in Boxing
By , Rocky Marciano had been dead for sixteen years, the victim of a private plane crash in which a shaft of metal pierced his brain. But in the late summer of that year, everyone in the boxing world was talking about the former heavyweight champion whose last professional fight was 30 years earlier. The current heavyweight champ, Larry Holmes, was scheduled to fight the current light heavyweight champ, former St. Louisan Michael Spinks, in September in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the