BROCKTON— As a crane lowered the massive top half of the 22½-foot Rocky Marciano statue onto the bottom half Thursday morning at Brockton High School’s football stadium, sophomore Isaias Ortiz stood in awe of the towering figure.
“All I know about him is that he was a boxer originally from here,” said the 16-year-old, whose grandparents grew up in Puerto Rico. “But now that I see this, I’m definitely going to find out everything I can about him because obviously he did something very important. You don’t get a statue like that unless you did.’’
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Brian Ballou did a great job describing the backgrounds of several folks who were were at the installation of the giant Rocky Marciao statue in Brockton High's football stadium. Thanks to his reporting, we learned about attending students, the high school principal, the city's mayor, the boxer's nephew, his good friend, and the presiding contractor. But where were the names of the sculptors? It took a Google visit to identify the Mexican artists Mario Rendon and Victor Gutierrez who must have spent at least a year creating this work of art. They deserve at least a mention along with everyone else.