Rocky Marciano’s birthday was Monday (he would have been 85) and the milestone has boxing fans thinking about the Brockton Bomber. Boxing writer Mike Dunn has a piece on eastsideboxing.com that looks back on the classic battle 54 years ago between The Rock and Ezzard Charles.  

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