Verify and try again. Other fights were lined up with Cohen trying, in his subtle way, to overmatch Graziano, get him defeated, and thereby show him the value of getting into condition. The best poems for funerals, memorial services., and cards. Rocco "Rocky" Graziano age 58 of Davie, FL passed away August 29, 2020 at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, FL due to complications of covid-19. Guy J. "Rocky" Graziano Sr. (1926-2021) - Find a The parents remained with the child in Italy for six months before returning to their home in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, then a largely ethnic Italian neighborhood. I asked Roxee to sum up her father, a man who was brutal in the ring and a warmhearted charmer out of it. He became the World Middleweight champion Continued Mario D. "Rocky" Graziano. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. })(); PUBLIC FOUNDATION AND REGISTERED CANADIAN CHARITY (BN: 817850381RR0001). His son Michael said Mr. Franzese, who was known as Sonny, died in a hospital in the New York area but gave no further details. RM2JJY6YX - Empty Garden - There were plenty of seats but no customers at the Madison Square Garden on Friday, Dec. 27 when a scheduled bout between Rocky Graziano and Cowboy Shank was called off due to a back injury to the former. [4], In March 1945 at Madison Square Garden in New York City Graziano scored a major upset over Billy Arnold, whose style was similar to that of Sugar Ray Robinson: he was a slick boxer with lightning-fast combinations and a knockout punch. He was a semi-regular on The Martha Raye Show, as Raye's boyfriend. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Like Frank Sinatra and rocky Graziano: Fists, Fame, and gross of! A couple of weeks later, Graziano was charged with a probation violation and sent back to reform school where he was charged with starting a minor riot. Later served nine months in prison for going A.W.O.L stoppage wins in his first 28., kidnapping, rape, and gross abuse of corpse location, there May some! He also was an avid golfer and a longtime member of the Middletown Country Club, where he played golf frequently with his best friend, Wil Long. Graziano continued to punish Zale for the next three rounds. Rocky Graziano Growing Up, Fighting, East 5 Copy quote His record as a professional boxer was 67-10-6. Mr. Graziano later served nine months in prison for going A.W.O.L. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Following cremation, a Memorial Service will be held Sat., July 9, 2022 at 11 a.m., in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Malvern with Fr.