I saw him fight (or heard the radio account) many times. He was a relentless killer in the ring with incredible stamina, tenacity, determination, and will. As for skills, he had deceptive ones including decent head movement and solid inside stuff, but technical skills were clearly not his forte. His power was both one punch and accumulative. He could ruin an opponent by hitting him on the arms and/or elbows as he did with LaStarza or simply destroy someone as he did with Lee Savold, Carmine Vingo, or Rex Layne. In my opinion, his two toughgest fights were both with Ted Lowery who fought out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Lowry finished with an amazing 67-67-10 mark.

His first fight with Charles is a study of his courage.

Rocky was built strange (like a billy goat) and his neck was unbelievably strong which gave him a solid chin. He had sloping shoulders that he used to deflect punches. He also was a very fine all-around athlete which helped him in the ring. He also was a pretty sharp guy who had a very deceptively high ring IQ and knew where and what he was about all the time.