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TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1955
ROUND NINE - Rocky missed hard right. He landed two
lefts and another Flash: Referee stops the fight. Marciano wins by
technical knockout. The ROUND ONE - The 16 1/2 foot ring looked like a
postage stamp as the two ROUND TWO - Rocky was short with left jab. Cockell
hooked left around ROUND THREE - Don dug left to body. Don got in
left-right combination but ROUND FOUR - Rocky pounded right to body. Don was
short with counter ROUND FIVE - Cockell's cut was on the forehead, an
inch below the hair ROUND SIX - Marciano rushed out but missed left.
Rocky landed hard left to ROUND SEVEN - Rocky pounded away at body. A right
hook shook up ROUND EIGHT - Rocky got in light left to face. Don
pushed him away. The officials were: referee Frankie Brown; judge
Jack Downey; judge Johnny
By GENE WARD
Final (Ninth) Round
right. Cockell was down on his haunches. he was up at eight.
A hard right and left
sent Don weaving around the ring. Cockell down again and the
count is seven.
time was 54 seconds of the 9th. Don was down twice in the
round, for an eight count
and a count of seven. The second time he just slipped on the
canvas from the accumu-
lation of punches.
Marciano wins by TKO
men came out of their corners. Cockell came in with left to
head which was par-
tially blocked by Rocky. They went to close quarters,
pounding each other to body.
Rocky tried left jab but it was short. Rocky's hook bounced
off the side of Don's
head. Rocky was fighting in his usual crouch, he got in a
good short hook to
the jaw. Rocky got in another left and then his elbow
connected with Don's nose.
Don came back with right to ear. Rocky fired right that was
high and took left to
chest by Don. Don got in left hook to head as Rocky moved
in. They sparred in
center of ring. Don scored with glancing right to ear as
Rocky ducked low. Rocky
got in stiff jab and took chopping right to head. Don got in
another right just
before bell.I Gave this round to
COCKELL
Rocky's neck. Don came in and tied Rocky up. Don got left to
body. Rocky came
back with right to head. Rocky crowded but Don pushed him
away. They slugged
with Cockell scoring both hands to face. Don out slugged
Rocky in that ex-
change. Rocky got in hard right to jaw. Don was wild with
right. Rock missed right,
wrapping it around Don's neck. Rocky scored with good jab to
nose. Don came in
with right-left combination, but Rocky got inside. Rocky
missed two sweeping left
hooks, but scored with short right. Rocky got in left hand
to Don's head.I Gave this round to
MARCIANO
took hard right from Rocky. Rocky got over hard right to
jaw. Rocky was bobbing
and weaving and crowding in. Don missed with left. Rocky was
wide with right.
He was short with his jab but chased Cockell. He glanced
right to Don's jaw. Don
blocked left hook. they slugged at close quarters. Don got
in left hook to ear.
Don ran into two left hooks by Rocky. Don connected with
right and left but Rocky
continued to press him. Rocky was off target with right.
Rocky scored and shook
up Don with left hook. Rocky was blasting don on ropes at
bell.I Gave this round to
MARCIANO
right. Rocky rushed in but missed. Cockell had a cut on his
forehead. It was bleed-
ing. Rocky poured in hard left hook. Don came back with left
to jaw. Rocky scored
with left hook from short range. the blood was pouring down
Don's face. Rocky
forced Don back with two stiff jabs. Don missed left hook.
Cockell's corner is hol-
lering about Marciano's butting. They are complaining
bitterly. Rocky shook up his
man with left and right to body. Cockell was hurt. Rocky was
short with left.
Cockell was having difficulty seeing because of the blood.
Rocky pushed Cockell to
ropes just before bell.I Gave this round to
MARCIANO
line. Rocky landed left to face. Cockell moved away behind
his left. Rocky missed
right, but dug left to body. Rocky crowded in and landed
left to jaw. Marciano was
unmarked, he landed right-left combination to Don's jaw.
Cockell's cut was bleeding
again. Rocky banged right to body, and left to stomach.
Cockell was hurt by these
blows. Rocky scored with hard left jab to face. rocky was
high on right. Don
countered with right to jaw. Rocky shoved Cockell to ropes.
Cockell found him-
self on the stands as Rocky crowded him. He caught hard left
hook to jaw but
Cockell held on. Rocky had Don on other side of ring at
bell.I Gave this round to
MARCIANO
ear and shook up Don. Don tried to hold. They slugged at
short range, both land-
ing to body. Rocky bounced right off Don's jaw. Don's cut
was still bleeding. Rocky
feinted a right and connected with left which shook up
Cockell. Don came back with
good right to Rocky's jaw. Rocky stayed after him, backed
him across the ring,
and landed right-left and another right to Don's jaw. Rocky
was wild with right.
Don tried to fire back. Rocky chased him, crowded him. They
bumped heads at close
quarters. Rocky came in with left to jaw. Cockell was on
ropes. Rocky drove tre-
mendous right to body. He landed right to jaw at bell.I Gave this round to
MARCIANO
Cockell. he was floundering. He had been sick in his corner
between rounds. The
cut on his head was bleeding again. rocky crowded and landed
right to jaw. Rocky
pressed in, looking for opening, missed right but landed
left uppercut. Don came in,
tied up Rocky. He threw right but was short. Rocky lashed
left hook and right to
body. He forced Don to ropes and pounded left to head. he
switched his attack to
body. He caught Don with another savage left hook. Don
missed right uppercut.
Rocky pitched long range right which connected. he followed
it with left hook and
scored with another left hook just before bell.I Gave this round to
MARCIANO
Rocky was short with right. He followed through with left
hook and staggered Don
with right. Don was in trouble. Rocky landed another right
and left hook. Don
was trying to fight back. Rocky hurt him with right-left
combination to jaw.
Rocky dug left to body. Rocky had Don on ropes. Don got
away. Rocky scored
with two lefts. Rocky landed right. don was staggered. Rocky
was pitching with
both hands. Rocky landed another left. Still Don tried to
fight back. Rocky landed
right and another flock of lefts, and a hard right. Another
right by Rocky and
Don tried to hold. Marciano was hitting him with everything.
He again forced Don
to the ropes. A hard right again, buckled Don's knees. He
was taking a terrific
beating. Don is through on the ropes. Don was through the
ropes half way out on
the apron from a left and right. The referee counted on when
the bell sounded.I Gave this round to
MARCIANO
Fight
Facts
Bassanelli.
The physician at ringside was Dr. Don Lastreto; the
timekeeper, Dr. Louis
The promoter estimated the crowd at 22,000, and the
gate at $220,000