Unbeaten

De: Mike Stanton

Narrado por: Keith Szarabajka

From the best-selling author of The Prince of Providence comes a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano, the greatest heavyweight champion of all time.The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary heavyweight champions like Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson: He never lost a professional fight. His record was a perfect 49-0.

Unbeaten is the story of this remarkable champion who overcame injury, doubt, and the schemes of corrupt promoters to win the title in a bloody and epic battle with Jersey Joe Walcott in 1952. Rocky packed a devastating punch with an innocent nickname, "Suzie Q", against which there was no defense. As the champ, he came to know presidents and movie stars - and the organized crime figures who dominated the sport, much to his growing disgust. He may have "stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump", as one sportswriter said, but he also fought his own private demons.

In the hands of prizewinning journalist and biographer Mike Stanton, Unbeaten is more than just a boxing story. It's a classic American tale of immigrant dreams, exceptional talent wedded to exceptional ambitions, compromises in the service of a greater good, astounding success, disillusionment, and a quest to discover what it all meant. Like Suzie Q, it will knock you off your feet.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2018 Mike Stanton (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Great book, terrible accents in the reading

A great book is nearly marred by the caricaturistic reading, especially of Black people. The reader should just read the book, not act badly and stereotypically.

Enjoyable

Really enjoyed listening to the history and legacy of Rocky. Especially the parts about his sparring with Ali.

Interesting side details

Great read. You can watch a documentary and get the highlights of his life, but this has so many more details and interesting tidbits. Highly recommend.

Rocky

The narrator Keith Szarabajka of this Audible book "Unbeaten" was great. Like a great movie it starts off a little slow but keeps building into a great story as the story of Rocky Marciano continues into an epic true story of Rocky's life. Definitely worth the time and money spent!

Superb book: the full story in great detain

Wonderful book covering Rocky’s life from birth to his premature death in a small plane crash. The fight descriptions make you feel like you are there. Masterful Storytelling. Only complaint is that I wish the reader had more voices in his repertoire. A must for anyone who loves the “sweet science”.

Good work

This is a nicely written book performed very well. I’m always amazed when the person I’m learning about seems to become a friend and I begin empathizing with their story.

Wow .. times have changed .

I've been a big boxing fan for many decades. This was a great read. Many many things that I did not know about Rocky. I did notice a couple of small details that were incorrect, but that did not take away from the story.

Rocky

Rocky was an unique person and great boxer. He will be remembered as one of the greats

The Most Complete and Authoritative Biography.

An excellent reader, performance marred by only a few mispronunciations.

This book covers every phase of Marciano's life; every childhood illness, every jab and clinch, every wiseguy racketeer. As Marciano's was a relatively short life [he died in a plane crash at 46], the account continues with the **legend** of Rocky which did live far longer than the man. The many memorials and facilities named for him, and the tributes paid by other boxing celebritiies, are listed with painstaking thoroughness.

The important matches get vivid descriptions. The reader is truly transported to ringside for Marciano vs Walcott, vs LaStarza. vs Ezzard Charles, vs Rex Layne (on the way to the title). This author knows boxing and the fight game in all its glory and corruption.         

A Great champion!

Told the story the way Rocky would have liked, about a true, honest and compassionate man.