25/12/2025
Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano embraces his wife during a testimonial luncheon held in his honor by the American Committee on Italian Migration at the Sherry-Netherlands Hotel.
He received an award as the outstanding Italo-American sports figure of 1953–54. The bandage over his eye covers a cut from former champ Ezzard Charles, whom Marciano defeated the night before in a bloody title defense at Yankee Stadium
6/18/1954. New York, NY.
Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano embraces his wife during a testimonial luncheon held in his honor by the American Committee on Italian Migration at the Sherry-Netherlands Hotel.
He received an award as the outstanding Italo-American sports figure of 1953–54. The bandage over his eye covers a cut from former champ Ezzard Charles, whom Marciano defeated the night before in a bloody title defense at Yankee Stadium.