Rocky Marciano Monument, Springfield, MA
This is a private monument to the Great Heavy Weight Fighter and Champion Rocky Marciano is located in the parking lot of Mom and Rico's Specialty Market on Main Street in Springfield, MA. No connection to Springfield (He was born in Brockton, MA), it seems, other than the owner was a big fan of Rocky.Untied and undefeated, Marciano would hold his World Heavyweight Champion from September 23, 1952, to April 27, 1956.
In 1969 Marciano died in a plane crash on a small private near a small airfield outside Newton, Iowa.