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Graziano was the son of Ida Scinto and Nicola Barbella. The elder Barbella, nicknamed Fighting Nick Bob, was a boxer with a brief fighting record.Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Rocky later moved to an Italian enclave centered on East 10th Street, between First Avenue and Avenue A in Manhattan's East Village.
The role of Rocky Graziano was originally to be played by James Dean, but he died before filming began, and Paul Newman was asked to take the part. [6] Australian actor Rod Taylor was also considered for the part; although unsuccessful, his screen test impressed MGM enough for them to offer him a long term contract.
Rocky Graziano: 16 July 1947 – 10 Jun 1948 0 8 Tony Zale (2) 10 Jun – 21 Sep 1948 0 9 Marcel Cerdan: 21 Sep 1948 – 17 Jun 1949 0 10 Jake LaMotta: 17 Jun 1949 – 14 Feb 1951 2 11 Sugar Ray Robinson: 14 Feb – 10 Jul 1951 0 12 Randy Turpin: 10 Jul – 12 Sep 1951 0 13 Sugar Ray Robinson (2) 12 Sep 1951 – 18 Dec 1952 2
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Miami Undercover is a low-budget 30-minute [1] American crime drama series that aired in broadcast syndication in 1961 for a total of 38 episodes. The series stars Lee Bowman (who had previously played sleuth Ellery Queen on television) and boxer-turned-actor Rocky Graziano. [2]
In 1945 he fought a war with the legendary Rocky Graziano in what was proclaimed 1945 Fight of the Year by Ring Magazine. Graziano was outboxed in the first eight rounds, but knocked down Cochrane in the 9th but the bell momentarily saved Cochrane from a KO. Cochrane was dropped again in the 10th for the full count.
She was a television star very early in its history. She starred in the short-lived (28 episodes) The Martha Raye Show (1954–1956), opposite retired middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano, who played her boyfriend. The writer and producer was future The Phil Silvers Show creator Nat Hiken.
One fighter discovered by D'Amato was Italian-American Rocky Graziano, who signed with other trainers and managers and went on to become middleweight champion of the world. [2] D'Amato also confronted boxing politics and decided, along with his friend Howard Cosell , to thwart the International Boxing Club of New York (IBC).