Rocky Graziano

Rocky Graziano is the kind of fighter whose legend feels almost too cinematic, which figures given his story became a movie. The Brooklyn-born middleweight, all 170cm of him, held the world title from 1947 and earned a reputation as one of boxing's great knockout artists, the sort who could end a fight with a single punch. I'm drawn to that raw, all-or-nothing style, the antithesis of cautious point-scoring. His 1991 induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame confirms he was no mere brawler but a genuine champion. He represents an old, scrappier New York that I find endlessly compelling.

Name (English)

Rocky Graziano

Name (Japanese)

ロッキー・グラジアノ

Reading

ろっきー・ぐらじあの

Born

January 1, 1919 – May 22, 1990

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height

170 cm

Occupation

boxer / television actor

Awards & achievements

• 1974 No. 1 Award of the National Cartoonists Society
• 1991 International Boxing Hall of Fame
• WBA World Middleweight Champion
• The Ring World Middleweight Champion

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.rockygraziano.com
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8E

Tags

• New York
• boxer
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.