Jersey Joe Walcott vs Rocky Marciano I - Sept. 23, 1952 - Rounds 10 - 13 & Interview 

Rocky Marciano The Legend

These fellows are 15 round fighters.. Walcott had great co-ordination and balance. He fought long enough to Ko Harold Johnson Sr. and Jr.The son being an exceptional Lt. Heavyweight champion. He was outpointing Rocky in this fight,and gave him a pasting in the 12th round. Rocky was so tough,fit and competitive,he could still summon that power at the finish. Two great warriors!.

Marciano was a warrior, relentless always moving forward seeking out an opportunity to drop his opponent. If you watch closely, you'll see it's not a random punch that knocks out Walcott. He's learned the timing of his opponent to know that exact moment he is open and connects on the chin, driving it left as Walcott's moving his head right.

Goose bumps when Rocky lands that punch

That final right hand was a crushing blow. Jersey Joe was a tough dude,but that punch would have stopped anyone.

The great Rocky Marciano. This is one of the greatest action pact fights of all time! RIP Rocky and Jersey Joe!!!

Such intent, such coordinated leverage, so fluid, Marciano’s whole upper body and legs were behind those punches, not just his arms.

Man, those are some of the heaviest body blows I've ever seen. Both of them unleashed some hammers to the mid section. How they could keep breathing is beyond me.

Watching clips of Marciano lately has given me a new appreciation for him. For a number of reasons I won't go into he doesn't get quite the appreciation I think he deserves. His conditioning was super human, he beat people with pace and power, and his defense was solid. He was very skilled he just had a style that looked different because it was designed for him. This man should be in every discussion over who's the GOAT. Even Ali admitted Rocky would given him a hard time and could've beaten him. He said he thought he was better than Frazier and Frazier gave him all sorts of problems.

Marciano had a great trainer in Charley Goldman. He was lucky to have him and the others in his camp to help. They worked on his balance by tying a string around his ankles while he worked on the heavy bag. Goldman taught Rocky how to get the leverage for every punch he threw. Marciano would train relentlessly and Goldman had to tell him to stop. He was always in tip top shape, ready to go 15 rounds without punching himself out or tiring. He worked out on a 300 lb bag when most bags of the day were 75-100 lbs.He was a GREAT champion!

That was brutal. Glad Walcott didn't die.

Rocky Marciano was such a good fighter, a heavyweight at 5'11 he had good power and such endurance. He was the Dracell battery of the old days

As a kid growing up in Brockton he was our hero. I met him one time at a thing at the YMCA for local kids. Nice guy. Humble. Quiet. He told us when he trained for a fight, one of the routines he used was the pool at the Y. He’d go in with ping pong paddles and hold in each hand, then throw 1000 uppercuts in each arm. He was a tank. Never gave up. And at 49 and 0 the greatest who ever was in my opinion. When we heard he died we were stunned. I can still remember kids yelling Rock died! We couldn’t believe it. So young

The body shots Marciano was landing were brutal.

WOW!! You're right, Marciano was one tough SOB.

Rocky to this day the #1 undefeated world's greatest athlete.

Rocky marciano my favorite athlete.best heavyweight.undeated Faris cowart.met him 1958.i was ten yrs old.friend of my father.hsve picture of him with my father

Rocky Marciano the only undefeated heavy weight fighter in the world. Tough Italian boy.

I NEVER WATCHED ANY FIGHT WHERE I SAW ROCKY BACKING UP HE WAS ALWAYS PUNCHING FORWARD ALWAYS IN CONSTANT PURSUIT THE HEART OF A LION R.I.P. MR MARCIANO

Great Video. Thanks for uploading this!

Rocky was a humble softly spoken guy out the ring....inside it ..a Relentless, hard hitting , bludgeoning beast of a fighter......a fighter with a great heart, and a belief he couldn't be beat....and never was ...a great unbeaten champion

Rocky's defensive skills are under-rated. Watch how he moves his head away from the most powerful punches. With his short reach & height disadvantages, he took a lot fewer punches than people think. And was always in superb shape, never taking any opponent lightly.

So tough. That right hand. But rocky was smart he set him up perfectly.

Marciano patiently stalking Walcott, studying his moves to exploit every opening, wearing him down and waiting for his left hand to stay down just long enough to connect with his right cross. Thats champion boxing.

The greatest boxer ever - Rockey Marciano! Undefeated heavy weight champion of the world.

My dad was at this fight. I have his ticket stub.

The best punch ever thrown 😎

It is amazing how people who should have known better totally underestimated Marciano's skills for his entire career. He had great jab, the ability to slip and fade from power punches, a deadly body attack, great head and body movement, great balance, and a complex repertoire of punches. Yes he got hit maybe too much but that was because he was always moving forward no matter what the opponent was doing. Far more skillful than the "news media" ever realized.

That referree wasn't doing Rocky any favors. He kept breaking up every clinch as soon as they happened. Rocky spent the first third of the fight getting the hell beat out of him, then the second third blinded by the solvent in his eyes, and then the last third chasing Walcott with a referree who wouldn't allow Joe to be caught. Rocky had everything go wrong in this fight.....and he still won. Amazing!

That was a bad, bad man! 💪🏼

I met Jersey Joe in Atlanta. Holyfield fight. 1985. Shook his hand. His hands were big as a catchers mit!

Beating rocky would be easy, all the other guy has to do is get him tired and that would happen by the 192nd round!

Well despite all the very informed opinions here all I know is that Marciano could take a beating and still come after you.

Levi, Thanks for providing this hard tough fight. Joe not as mobile as Rocky but very well-built and capable of a hard punch, not a fighter to be underestimated. Rocky showed great energy and drive and just kept on coming. Thanks for all your excellent boxing coverage!

Rocky was my father's favourite, has there been such a fit , powerful, heart of a lion boxer , he fighting men heavier , bigger . Toe to toe for rounds , some man , how many boxers would like to fight him . Not many I feel . Thanks for video . Rocky legend ....

That right hand he knocked Walcott out with is one of the most devastating punches in boxing history.

Walcott was too brave for his own good. He was already ahead on the score cards, there was no need to go toe to toe.

RIP Rocky 🥊🥊

One thing for sure....every punch The Rock hit you with, hurt!

For my money, that was the greatest fight of all time.

“You’re a game boy and a great credit.”

That right at 12:10 was the most devistating knockouts in heavy weight history. It took doctors over 10 minutes to revive Jersey Joe.

Listen to the crowd when that right lands. You can still feel it watching the replay 70 yrs later.

Marciano was indestructible! He would absorb a tremendous amount of punishment and keep coming forward trying to land that one big punch. Wolcott and Charles were the only ones to make it into the late rounds against him. Marciano was the only heavyweight champion in history to retire undefeated 49-0. (43 kos)

This was the first time I've never seen Rocky Marciano boxing fight wow I am highly impressed the guy did have such endurance.

Grazy fighting in the world...never see the fighting like that until in the end 2018

Marciano is the greatest of all time

I would have Loved seeing him get it on w/Jack Demsey in his prime !! 🍺🇺🇸

Thumbs up for this video.

Such a tough game man! Joe wasn't only a good technically but he could mix it up as well!

Marciano is the best there has ever been.

The original Hands of Stone. Both tough as nails but that right to the chin would've knocked out Kong.

See some folks here are knocking Rocky. You gotta really know what you're looking at to appreciate just how great Rocky was. Yeah, he was not the prototypical boxer many associate with greatness. But he possessed a combination of traits rarely seen in boxing. He may have been the best conditioned athlete in the history of combat sports. He had a chin that was second to none...Jake Lamotta excluded. His punching power was devastating. It's no wonder that he went undefeated. How do you beat a guy that doesn't tire, doesn't get hurt, and can wear you down with unrelenting pressure or put you to sleep with a single punch? And don't discount Rocky's skill level. He used his size disadvantage to his advantage. He knew how to get underneath bigger guys, roll with their punches, and counter with devastating power. And while he was not a guy who would dazzle you with combinations, he put together power shots in in unique sequences and at unconventional angles. That hook/uppercut he fired while at a distance hurts just to look at. The floor to fist power chain was devastating. But as I said, you need an educated eye to see all of that. And let's not forget that the man was 5'10 and just above 180 pounds with a meager 68 inch reach. Oh, and BTW...he had no amateur career to speak of and didn't turn pro until he was 25. The man was great. The are no "buts" to speak of.

Love the way the Rock needed to smack Walcott’s coconut with that left one last time.

footwork on that knock-out..crazy.

EL UNICO CAMPEON, QUE YO RECUERDE, QUE SE RETIRO INVICTO. UN GRAN CAMPEÓN, EN UNA ÉPOCA QUE NO ESTABAN ARREGLADAS LAS PELEAS. MIS RESPETOS PARA ROCKY MARCIANO.

@CyderDrinkerDorset Thank you! And I will keep it coming :P

Have a nice nap Jersey Joe!

Rocky was built like a baseball player and that was his first love. Couldn't make it so he became a boxer. He trained shadow boxing underwater which gave him that slow methodical, unrelenting pursuit and cultivated his heavy stroke against the resistance of water.

That punch was felt all the way to Bombay India.

Rocky 1 but this was a great fight for both

good power is a understatement.

That punch that Marciano knocked out Walcot with was considered one of the hardest punches ever landed according sports historians!

Rocky was very honest "I think I was behind and I needed the knockout" ... how true ... and boy did he get it!

If Marciano used some more strenght in that right probably the head of Walcott would fly in the sky.

Best right hand ever thrown! Floored for the fist time in his career...cut & blinded for 4 rounds...behind on all scorecards....The Rock nails JJW with the "Suzie Q"...and becomes the heavyweight champion of the world! Champ from 1952 to 1956...49-0 43 KO's. Dies in the crash of a small plane near Newton Iowa on August 31, 1969...the day before his 46th birthday! A beast in the ring...and humble out of it!!!

OMG, what a savage knockout punch. And Jersey Joe was a wily, cagey veteran but of course, a bit past his prime but still a great warrior. These two men were dangerous predators.

have a nice nap Jersey Joe!

The LEGEND the Great Rocky Marciano

Probably only a handful of guys that would have been standing after that club of an overhand right Marciano took behind the ear @6:08. That's the level of tough that separates the MEN from the boys.

Love the commentator, he let the fighter’s action do the talking.

The fight commentator was a Walcot fan. He wanted Walcot to win but was afraid he might lose. Thus the constant string of comments on Walcots age and stamina. That way if Walcot lost it takes something away from Rocky and if he won it adds even more to his accomplishment.

Rocky was indeed a great fighter. His style is very intriguing to me. I will describe it in the following words: unrelenting, menacing, bobbing up and down (somewhat like a float when a bluegill takes the bait on a hook), a bone crushing left and right hook, and there is almost an innocence in his posture that seems to say, "Hey, come here so we can end this rather quickly and spare yourself the torture that will follow." I would have loved to see him fight Mike Tyson as an exhibition of the raw punching power of both men. And I would have loved to see him fight Muhammad Ali as an exhibition of what happens when raw power meets lightning speed. There is a computer generated fight between Ali and Marciano on RU-vid.

Best right hand ever thrown!!!

the GREATEST ONE PUNCH KO EVER BY THE G.O.A.T

Five Feet Eight Inches Tall And One Hundred Eighty Pounds Of Original Italian Stallion, WHAT A MAN.

Holy moley, that was one savage shot! Was this, aside from the snapshots, how the fight was broadcast? Did they not see if jersey Joe was OK?

THIS WAS SUCH A GRUELING FIGHT MARCIANO HAD WORN OUT WALCOTT WITH TREMENDOUS BODY SHOTS N IN THE 13th.ROUND HAD WALCOTT WIDE OPEN WITH HIS HANDS DOWN N THE ROCK DELIVERED THAT TREMENDOUS RIGHT

Marciano is the best of all time!

Both men were duking it out. Amazing fight during that day. Still amazing to see the punishment both fighters endured. The constant barrage of punches. Nowadays this fight would have been ✋ 🛑 earlier most likely not in Rocky’s favor

Obviously the highlight of the fight is the KO.....but after 5:34 Walcott hit Marciano with a brutal right hook to the ribs that really did hurt Marciano. Most fighters might've taken a knee there. That was brutal. Even the old microphones picked up the force of that shot.

Esse sim e o verdadeiro campeão.

Walcott was a pretty good fighter...'till he ran into Rocky's right. My goodness he went down fast.

The right hand punch that finished the fight could be the hardest punch I've ever seen landed by any fighter in any division. That punch could have killed Walcott it was so powerful. And Marciano was only about 190 pounds so all the more impressive.

Legend has it that Walcott's smile landed somewhere in the cheap seats - it's still waiting for him in the Lost & Found.

Marciano el número 1 de todos los tiempos nunca perdio.

This generation of boxers in the 50s with Rocky may be some of the toughest most durable fighters compared to modern day fighters. The shots they take are mind boggling.

One of the things that made Marciano and Dempsey great was that they were so small for heavyweights.

Que tiempos.

It is funny how that Tremendous Right Hand from Rocky in the 13th Round( bad time to take a Nap Mr. Walcott ) was taken into their 2nd Fight.Jersey Joe was so wary all it took was a decent punch to put him on his butt and be counted out looking at the Ref the whole time.

The BEST K.O if history

The best single punch ever thrown.👍👊

The greatest boxer of all time, strong as a bull and all natural, no juice ;)

The problem with watching Marciano fights is I already know the outcome. He always won.

Growing up in Williamstown, NJ a good friend Tommy Fuller was the nephew of Arnold Cream AKA Jersey Joe Walcott. His older brother once asked me, “What color am I”. I answered Brown. That was before black was an acceptable color

Jersey Joe was backing up and Rocky just kept coming forward. Bang one right on the chin and Jersey Joe was REALLY knocked out. Incredible punching power from a 5 ft 11 inch 175 lb heavy weight .

Well all comments aside,Jersey Joe was not a 60 year old buffalo and he was good fighter and Rocky retired undefeated say what you want it stands and cannot be changed.

I am a Muhammad Ali guy all the way. That said, we can all say that such and such never faced so and so. Marciano was an all-time great fighter and beat everyone he faced in his time. Period.

Rocky Marciano....The Greatest Prize Fighter ever.

@CyderDrinkerDorset you're welcome!