The heavyweight boxing champion has one of the greatest careers in his business. He retired as an undefeated champion, which no one else in that division has been able to do successfully. Rocky grew up in Brockton in southeastern Massachusetts. During his reign as champion, all of Brockton would come together to celebrate his latest win.
This is said to be the largest statue of an American sports hero ever made. It was dedicated exactly 60 years after he won the title with a sensational knockout of Jersey Joe Walcott.
Two more points about this tribute. One, I believe Rocky dropped out of high school; my father was a couple of classes ahead of him at Brockton High. So it's a little odd to name a school stadium after him in that sense. Two, there is a good-sized fence around Rocky's statue. During my visit, I had to shoot the statue through a chain-link fence. That explains the slightly blurry picture in the bottom left of this photography.
By the way, a park in Brockton where Rocky used to play as a boy is said to be receiving a major facelift. The facility is named after him.
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