American boxer Rocky Graziano , middleweight world champion from 1947-1948, in a fighting pose, 1940s.
Capacity crowd of over 24,000 paid somewhat over $200,000 to see champion Sugar Ray Robinson and challenger Rocky Graziano battle for the title at...
Rocky Graziano is one of the many spectators at the Carmen Basilio vs. Sugar Ray Robinson middleweight title fight in Bronx, New York, September 23,...
Rocky Graziano follows through after a hard right to the jaw of opponent Tony Janiro, during their ten-round fight at Madison Square Garden on...
Graziano Enjoys Television. Chicago, Illinois: Rocky Graziano's favorite form of relaxation after his strenuous training chores is watching...
Newark, NJ- Clinging to the Ropes, Rocky Graziano puts up his right arm to ward off a right by Tony Zale, moving in for the kill in the third round...
Rocky Graziano, famous middleweight championship boxer, is shown, fists raised and shirtless, in a closeup boxing pose.
New York, NY: With referee George Walsh looking on, Rocky Graziano , is shown following through after landing a hard right in the fifth round of...
The beginning of the end, Tony Zale, defending middleweight Champion, shakes and rocks as Rocky Graziano delivers a hard right to the face of Zale in...
Referee Ruby Goldstein grabs Rocky Graziano as the maddened fighter goes for Tony Zale after Graziano was knocked out by middleweight champ Zale in...
Chicago, IL: Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson throws a right over the head of Rocky Graziano , who scores with a hard left to the ribs of...
Getting the punchline...New York: Comedienne Martha Raye is amiably punched on the cheeks by comedy star Phil Silvers and former middleweight boxing...
American boxer Rocky Graziano sits naked after his middleweight championship fight was cancelled after he broke his thumb, at Greenwood Lake, New...
American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title Rocky Graziano, trains for his fight against Bobby Claus on June 12, 1949 in New...
American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title Rocky Graziano, trains for his fight against Bobby Claus on June 12, 1949 in New...
American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title Rocky Graziano, relaxes and reads the Sunday Mirror a week before his fight against...
American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title Rocky Graziano, relaxes and reads the Sunday Mirror a week before his fight against...
American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title Rocky Graziano, relaxes a week before his fight against Bobby Claus on June 12,...
American boxer Rocky Graziano at his training camp at Greenwood Lake, New York State, 13th June 1950. At the time, Graziano had a broken hand, but...
American boxer Rocky Graziano at his training camp at Greenwood Lake, New York State, with his trainer Harry Lenny , 13th June 1950. At the time,...
Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale attend Sanford Garalick Political Rally on March 5, 1973 at the Americana Hotel in New York City.
View of American Middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano as he points, a cigarette in his hand, New York, New York, circa 1956.
Boxer Rocky Graziano talks with his lawyer, James Finn, at the courthouse in Mineola, New York on December 13, 1949. Graziano was being sued in a...
Boxer Rocky Graziano of Forest Hills, New York, chats with his lawyer, Irwin Klein of Manhattan at Nassau County Court House in Mineola, New York on...
Franklin Square, N.Y.: Left to right: Actors Lou Marks, Carmen D'Oro and Rocky Graziano joke around on the set of filming the movie, "Country Music...
Boxer Rocky Graziano jokes around and shows his fist to Merle Ann Moriarty of Oceanside, New York at Hospital Star Nite held at Belmont Park in...
Boxer Rocky Graziano squares off for a picture before his trial in Nassau County Court in Mineola, New York on December 18, 1949. Graziano, whose...
Former Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto, Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, former Yankees pitcher Marius Russo and boxer Rocky Graziano together at a...
Boxer Rocky Graziano was among the guests at a Seaford Avenue School fundraiser for a proposed community youth center in Seaford, New York, on...
Rocky fights back. Newark, N.J.: Rocky Graziano of New York rallies in the second round of his middleweight title bout with challenger Tony Zale of...
Rocky Graziano throws one of his vicious rights in the second round as Charley Fusari does a neat piece of ducking. Charley was not such a good...
American Middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano does sit-ups during a training session, New York, New York, September 1949. The photo was taken before a...
Portrait of American Middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano , New York, New York, September 1949. The photo was taken before a fight against Charley...
New York, NY- Middleweight Rocky Graziano visits heavyweight Rocky Marciano, as the latter works out on the light bag, for his fight with Roland...
Newark, NJ - Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale strike a fighting pose after they weighed-in at Newark City Hall for their scheduled Middleweight...
Photo shows Chicago White Sox pitcher Jack Fischer as he plays referee, and as Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle tags former middleweight boxing champion...
Memories reborn- Tony Zale visits the Chicago Stadium where he fought his second fight with Rocky Graziano, and pulled the best gate of his life,...
Champion Sugar Ray Robinson works over the midsection of challenger Rocky Graziano, at left, in the second round of a scheduled 15-rounder. Robinson...
Graziano Takes Wouters in First. Minneapolis: Roy Wouters drops to the canvas after middleweight challenger Rocky Graziano landed a right uppercut...
Newark, NJ- Rock Graziano holds his head after being sent into the canvas for the count of three in the first round of his scheduled 15-round...
Tony Zale drops Rocky Graziano to the canvas here for a count of three in the first round of their middleweight title bout at Ruppert Stadium. Zale...
His arms full of daughters, Tony Zale basks in the warmth of his wife's smile as he kisses one of the kids during a celebration here on his...
Tony Zale of Gary, Indiana, starts for neutral corner after knocking out Rocky Graziano in the third round of their scheduled 15 round middleweight...
After the weighing in at the the state building Sept. 27th, Rocky Graziano , 154 pounds, and Tony Zale, 160 pounds, square off for the photographers....
Middleweight champion Tony Zale of Gary, Indiana, has bandage removed from his broken right hand here, after he successfully defended his crown...
New York: Dr. Frank Stanton, President of Columbia Broadcast System, seen with ex-fighter Rocky Graziano as he appeared as an entertainer on the 1st...
Rocky Graziano, goes down on his knees, after a hard right low from Tony Zale, the defending champion in their title fight at the Chicago Stadium....
Working Out before Breakfast. Chicago, Illinois: Rocky Graziano chooses the shore of the Garfield Park Lagoon to run his customary three miles before...
Dynamic laiden hand of Rocky Graziano has just bounced off the chin of Tony Janiro, in the fourth round of rough go at the Garden.
In the first round Janiro tries a left hook to the belly but Graziano weaves and gets his arms in position to block the blow.
Miami, Florida Reuben Jones of Norfolk, VA, hits the deck in the third round as Rocky Graziano stands over him to put an end to their ten round bout.
Graziano Wins on TKO. New York: Referee, handlers and opponent all join hands to carry the limp and unconscious form, of Freddie Cochrane to his...
New York, New York- World's middlewight champion Tony Zale of Gary, IN, ducks his injured right hand in an ice bucket after kayoing New York's Rocky...
New York, NY- World middleweight champion Tony Zale of Gary, Indiana, has just dropped New York's Rocky Graziano for the kayo in 1:46 of the sixth...
New York, NY - Champ is Down--But Not Out. Middleweight Champion Tony Zale of Gary, Ind., drops to the canvas in the second round of his championship...
Buffalo, NY- Henry Brimm , Buffalo middleweight, folds up as he backs away from a two-fisted attack by Rocky Graziano, former champion. Graziano...
Chicago, ILRocky Graziano shown weeping broken-heartedly in his corner after losing his fight to Sugar Ray Robinson.
Greenwood, New Jersey: Tough, brawling Rocky Graziano of New York's Lower East Side, winds up to throw a haymaker in a demonstration to show how he...
Montreal, Canada- In the flickering half-light of the Montreal Forum ring, Rocky Graziano, his gloves still cocked, stands over the prostrate form of...
New York, New York- Rocky Graziano stands on his toes as Freddie Cochrane bounces on the canvas in the 10th round of their feature bout at Madison...
Pompton Lakes, NJ - Zale starts training for Graziano Bout. Tony Zale, Gary, Ind., Middleweight Champ, clutches punching bag, boxing gloves, and...
Boxers Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano , square off prior to their first middleweight championship fight.
Rocky Graziano and Tony Janiro Weigh in for Return Go. Former middleweight champion Rocky Graziano weighed 158 1/2 pounds to Janiro's 153 1/2 for...
New York, NY- Billy Arnold, Philadelphia High School boy knockout sensation, gets a taste of his own medicine at the hands of Rocky Graziano,...
New York, New York- World's middleweight champion Tony Zale, of Gary, IN, after beating challenger, New York's Rocky Graziano, whom he has just...
Newark, NJ- Tony Zale of Gary, Indiana sends a left hook to the head, which knocked out Rocky Graziano of New York, in the third round of their...
Newark, NJ- Rocky Graziano of New York rallies, in the second round of his middleweight title bout with challenger Tony Zale of Gary, Indiana, and...
New York,NY- Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson and his manager,George Gainford,look pretty glum about the whole thing,2/2 after announcing...
