Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-24
WIN, LOSE OR
NNAV By FRANCIS STANN
At Home With the Rock

CORAL GABLES, Fla. Feb 24-The house is long
sprawng reddish ranch type There patio that looks
like hotel lobby and indoor swimming pool Rocky
Marcano has sand in his shoes and this is home Of
month ago.
The only truly undefeated and retired boxing cham
pon in history has special at each end Of the
In one his trophies plaques and mementos stashed
in disorder, having newly arrived from his old home
In Brockton, Mass. In the other, there is heavy bag
Rocky pulled pair of black, bag punching gloves
The big purplecolored bag denied the heavy
weight champion of the world-49 fights 40 wins-drove
his fists into it.
you act if you are going to fight again." guest
remarked.
NO" Rocky said Unless we were hard up I wouldn't
think of it. 1t wouldn't be to Barbara She worried
enough about me in the ring"
do YOU AGREE WITH Charley Goldman" he was
asked that you'd stop Floyd PatterSon?' Charley Gold
man is the wizened old bantamweght who trained and
taught Hockey for almost all of his fights.
MY answer has to be yes and no." Marciano said
Charley wrote about mythical fight If I could get
to Patterson might knock him On the other hand
Floyd fast with his hands he might cut me up
Charley Goldman is very loyal guy. 1 did series
for the Saturday Evening Post if you remember, and
just about everybody close to got on the payo
except Charley. Then day Goldman came to me
and said, Rocky I've got chance to do book on you
but need your permission"
Il said. Charley you got left out of the other thing
you can do anything you want I'll endorse it.
Il never even Charley Goldmans account of
the market"
ONE OF ROCKY'S GUESTS. eying the punching bag
and the gloves, wanted to know if there possible
connection between the paraphernaia of the ring and
Floridas cold winter Marcano has invested in two
potato plantations and the freezes just about wiped
the vegetable, cattle and citrus crops
I'VE lost about 40 per cent" Hockey said ION the
other hand because of the shortages I'm told the prices
are up about so per cent
mo, don't plan to fight I'm "a and I'm weighing
223. II fought again, I'd have to get down 100
pounds and I'm not that would be easy although
when came out of the Army and started fighting as
a pro believe l weighed 22O"
Some years ago in training camp-Grossinger's
/ think-you said you wished AL Well would let
you fight at 1873 was it 1902"
II wanted to fight real light" Rocky admitted II
thought I'd be quicker WE'LL insisted on 1873. Now that
look back it, AL right At 1873 had power
When you come down to it, never was any Ray Robin
son for inesse, anyway"
ROCKY IS HEFTIER and has less hair than when
he retired but he remains the dynamic sort In addition
to his Barbara and their girl bambino Rockys dad and
friend had gone to and were Just being returned
by friend
"A good picture Mom?" asked Rocky
Mario Lanza" Mrs Marciano sighed "And he's
wonderful So, what do you say slim? And such
voice He sings better than when he was fat"
Rocky herded his mother and her guests into the
house You know one Of the biggest thrills gotq"
he asked returning Mario LAMA said hello TO me"
"You are serious?"
1T was Ed Sullivan show They filmed something
from Italy and Ed asked Mario LAMA If he had any
message for anybody In the United States. you know
that LAMA said, Give my best to Rocky Marcianop
n How about that, huhp" r