Unbeaten

By: Mike Stanton

Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's Summary

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.

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”.

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!

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.