He was 48.

Mike Cappiello, a former boxer and now a trainer, said he is doing what Rocky Marciano would have been doing, getting young people involved in the fight game.

August 1969 in der Nähe von Newton, Iowa) war ein US-amerikanischer Boxer italienischer Abstammung. As he spoke, he looked out at Rocky Marciano's youngest brother, Peter, who had been at ringside along with the late champion's two children, 32-year-old Mary Ann and 16-year-old Rocky … Speakers included Marciano's brother, Peter Marciano; Nick Sylvester, a friend of both men; and retired boxers Jimmy Connors, Tony DeMarco and Mike Pusateri, one of Colombo's fighters.

BROCKTON- Peter R. Marciano, 48, of Brockton, passed away Monday, December 21, 2015 in Brockton. “I remember a journalist came up to them at the wake and … “He had good mechanics, but he couldn’t throw at all. “Tell me something about my brother,” Peter Marciano asked the former heavyweight champion following Rocky’s death in 1969.

Peter R. Marciano, a nephew of boxing great Rocky Marciano who built his own legend as an athletic star and civic leader of Brockton, died Monday in his hometown. ... one special person encouraged Rocky Marciano Jr. to get involved in sports: his older sister, Mary Anne. Holmes was refering to Rocky apparently padding his record by fighting his brother `Peter Marciano on at least 4 or 5 occasions so as to boost his record, his brother … Rocky would spend much of his life making sure she would not live in the poverty he had known growing up. Insgesamt konnte er 87,76 % seiner Gegner vorzeitig besiegen, er erreicht somit die höchste K.-o.-Quote aller Schwergewichtsweltmeister in der Geschichte des Profiboxens.

(I was able to recreate those sessions by interviewing two people who were there: Peter Marciano, Rocky’s brother, and Ali’s then-wife Belinda, now Khalilah Ali. He was the husband of Justine (Choukas) Marciano.Born January 18, … He was 48. “He was the greatest, Peter,” Louis answered. Peter Marciano recalls Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis mourning his brother at the wake in Florida. Rocky Marciano and his wife, Barbara, are served a celebratory pasta dinner by Rocky's mother Pasqualena Marchegiano after one of Marciano's fights in 1951.

He was 48. ... Peter Marciano … Born in a poor family, Rocky understood the value of money and spent his entire life ensuring that he could give all the comforts to his family, especially his mother.

Marciano retired in 1956 after 49 straight wins and according to his younger brother, that should also be Mayweather’s record. Rocky had two brothers, Louis (aka Sonny) and Peter, and three sisters, Alice, Concetta and … Daughter of Brockton boxer Rocky Marciano dies at 58 . He worked many different jobs to help his family, including as a dishwasher, in a candy factory, as a …

His mother's name was Pasqualena.

“Before we opened our gym, I actually called Peter Marciano (Rocky’s brother),’’ said Mike Cappiello.

“I had lost my brother Rocky in a plane crash, but this somehow was worse. His father, Pierino, worked at a shoe factory. Peter Marciano Sr. knew this was a lie. Professional boxer and world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano from US was the only champion who retired undefeated. He was 48. Rocky Marciano was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano on September 1, 1923, in Brockton, Massachusetts.