Rocky Graziano

Rocky Graziano, born Thomas Rocco Barbella in 1919, was an American professional boxer and actor who fought at welterweight and middleweight. He held the lineal world middleweight title from 1947 to 1948. He is regarded as one of the great knockout artists in the sport, able to finish an opponent with a single punch, and The Ring placed him 23rd on its list of the hardest punchers of all time. He fought many leading middleweights of his day, including Sugar Ray Robinson, and his 1955 autobiography became the 1956 film Somebody Up There Likes Me, starring Paul Newman.