Career
Marciano was short and light for a heavyweight with an unusually limited reach, and compensated with conditioning and a right hand that ended fights outright. He retired at thirty-two with a perfect record of 49–0, 43 of them by knockout.
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🥊 Boxing · Heavyweight
Rocky Marciano
United States · 1947–1955
The only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated.
- 49–0
- Record
- 43
- Knockouts
- 6
- Title defences
- 88%
- KO percentage
Honours
- Only heavyweight champion to retire with an unbeaten record
- Forty-nine wins, forty-three by knockout
- Six successful heavyweight title defences
- Beat Jersey Joe Walcott for the title in 1952
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