Rocky Marciano vs Wladimir Klitschko

[JAB5239]

I disagree.... Tua doesnt fight anything like Rocky, Tua in that fight was disapointing, he didnt do much, He was looking for 1 punch the whole night.



Rocky would be throwing 100 PLUS punches per round. All with KO written all over it.


this would be nothing like Tua Vs Lewis IMO.



Rooster

I love the Rock, but this would be nullified by Wlads long jab and cautious style.

[Sugarj]

Sonnybox said:

'about same height and reach difference as Valuev vs Ol`Holyfield'

Yes something like that. Klitschko is a fast, mobile guy with knockout power compared to Valuev who.........isn't. Holyfield at 6ft 3 isn't too short and his height difference isn't exacerbated by a crouching style like dear Rocky.

I'm a big fan of the Rock, I think he'd blitz through today's cruiserweight division and possibly add many of the smaller heavyweights scalps. But I'd struggle to bet on him to beat any of todays world class big guys.

[Kid McCoy]

Sonnybox said:

'about same height and reach difference as Valuev vs Ol`Holyfield'

Yes something like that. Klitschko is a fast, mobile guy with knockout power compared to Valuev who.........isn't. Holyfield at 6ft 3 isn't too short and his height difference isn't exacerbated by a crouching style like dear Rocky.

I'm a big fan of the Rock, I think he'd blitz through today's cruiserweight division and possibly add many of the smaller heavyweights scalps. But I'd struggle to bet on him to beat any of todays world class big guys.

That's the crux of it. Obviously in this match-up Rocky is the legend with all the Hall of Famers on his record, but fight results are dictated by styles, circumstances and individual strengths and weaknesses, not who is the more legendary. No guy Rocky's size has dominated the heavyweight division for over 50 years, and there's a reason for that. That Rocky has no history of beating quality big men hardly helps his chances, either.

I'd expect Rocky to give it all he has, but I think he's overmatched in this one. Wlad by TKO.

[Sugarj]

Yes thats true McCoy. If guys weighing under 190Lbs and shorter than 5 ft 11could beat today's heavyweights, you'd have thought that one.......just one would have managed it since the mid 50s.

The closest is Tyson, who lets face it was still a good size up on Rocky (218Lbs at his best and 5ft 11.5 inches of the most tallented, freakishly fast, elusive and powerful boxers this world has ever seen).

[sonnyboyx2]

Yes thats true McCoy. If guys weighing under 190Lbs and shorter than 5 ft 11could beat today's heavyweights, you'd have thought that one.......just one would have managed it since the mid 50s.

The closest is Tyson, who lets face it was still a good size up on Rocky (218Lbs at his best and 5ft 11.5 inches of the most tallented, freakishly fast, elusive and powerful boxers this world has ever seen).

all the disadvantages in this fight are with Wlad, he would have to punch down, Rocky would bob-and-weave then punch up which is an advantage, and like said before, Rocky throws 100s of punches .... Rocky KO7

[mickey malone]

all the disadvantages in this fight are with Wlad, he would have to punch down, Rocky would bob-and-weave then punch up which is an advantage, and like said before, Rocky throws 100s of punches .... Rocky KO7

You see, In my view.... This is far more of an outrageous statement than Louis beating Liston.. I mean that's actually possible.. So is what you've just written, But, so so remote...

[Spartacus Sully]

Nah your only thinking of the size diffrence and saying it shouldnt be possiable but in your heart you know rocky would take everything wlad had and systematically tear him apart.

I mean come on its not like boxing is mma where the bigger guy allways wins

[RightCross94]

It's not so much the physical advantages Wlad has, but the technical advatages also. He's a much better boxer than Rocky. He's not going to be ****** enough to let Rocky get any sort of attack mounted or get close at all. Some people on this thread are borderline ******ed with their devotion to Rocky. He gets massacred in this fight. Past prime Charles and Walcott were giving him a handful, those guys waste him in their primes, and wlad does too. The jab is slammed into Rocky's face whenever he gets ready to try and leap in, the long uppercut is there for when he crouches, and Wlad uses his feet to make sure Rocky is always back to square one when it comes to getting in range.

[RightCross94]

Nah your only thinking of the size diffrence and saying it shouldnt be possiable but in your heart you know rocky would take everything wlad had and systematically tear him apart.

I mean come on its not like boxing is mma where the bigger guy allways wins

But like i said in my post, it's not just the size, Wlad leaves Rocky for dead in the technical department too.

[Sugarj]

Sonnybox said:

'all the disadvantages in this fight are with Wlad, he would have to punch down, Rocky would bob-and-weave then punch up which is an advantage, and like said before, Rocky throws 100s of punches .... Rocky KO7'

Wlad's jab was as effective as ever against Chagaev, who was a much shorter heavyweight.

Some folk have said Rocky throws over a hundred punches a round!.......Nope, he was busy but even Henry Armstrong struggled to beat 80or 90, and Rocky didn't get anything like that workrate against mobile boxers with good jabs like Walcott and Charles.

Oh and bobbing, weaving and punching up didn't give Frazier an advantage over Foreman. Only speedsters like Tyson can make real use of this and turn it into an advantage.