Rocky Marciano
New York, NY, March 1957
Boxing Great Rocky Marciano Signs Contract, "Bodybuilding and Boxing"
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ROCKY MARCIANO, Typed Document Signed, Publishing Agreement with Prentice Hall for a book on "Bodybuilding and Boxing," March 1957, n.p. 9 pp., 8.5" x 13". With blue cardstock cover. Also signed by co-authors Charles Goldman and Al Bachman. Expected folds; small holes from removed staples; very good. With PSA/DNA letter of authenticity.

Undefeated heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano signed this publishing agreement with Prentice-Hall for a book on "Bodybuilding and Boxing" in March 1957. His co-authors were his trainer Charles Goldman (1887-1968), a Polish Jewish immigrant who trained five world champions, and manager and judo expert Al Bachman, who contributed a section on judo. The published book title was Rocky Marciano's Book of Boxing and Body Building (Prentice Hall, 1957).

Excerpts
"The Author grants to the Publisher and its successors, representatives and assigns, an unpublished work on BODYBUILDING AND BOXING with the exclusive right to print, publish and sell the work, under its own name and under various imprints and trade names, during the full term of copyright and all renewals thereof, in the English language throughout the world...."

"The Publisher agrees to make an initial payment to the Author of $2,500.00."

Rocco Francis "Rocky" Marciano (1923-1969) was born in Massachusetts to Italian immigrant parents. As a youth, he worked out on homemade exercise equipment. He played high school baseball and football before dropping out after the tenth grade. He worked at various manual labor jobs until being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943. He was stationed in Wales and helped to ferry supplies across the English Channel into France. He completed his military service in March 1946. While awaiting discharge, he won the 1946 Amateur Armed Forces boxing tournament. From 1946 to 1948, he compiled an amateur record of 8-4. He began his professional career in July 1948 with Charley Goldman as his trainer and competed until 1955. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1952 to 1956 and remains the only heavyweight champion to end his career undefeated. He defended his title six times and finished his career with a record of 49–0. He was killed in a small plane crash in Iowa.

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8.5" x 13"