Lance Armstrong Joins Rocky Marciano

Lance Armstrong recently made cycling history by winning his seventh consecutive Tour de France. Armstrong also joined a very small number of professional athletes by retiring on top. That is, of course, assuming that Armstrong is true to his word and really HAS retired from the sport. If Armstrong were a boxer, it would be hard to take him at his word. Why? Boxers – especially the great ones - are notorious for retiring and un-retiring over and over again. Rocky Marciano is boxing’s closest parallel to Armstrong in terms of leaving on top. So how did some other all-time great fighters do in their FINAL fights? Let’s take a look . . .