We all know some advantages of being big. And so does nature, since mating is effectively based around size. In nature, the larger specimen usually mates, while the smaller slinks off.
There is a major disadvantage, too, which is usually given short shrift. The disadvantage does not show up in nature's mating wars, which end quickly anyway for purposes of survival. This is the extra weight that has to be carried constantly. People usually write this off, until it is lost among the bonuses for being big. But carrying extra weight is not a bonus in itself, though it may yield some advantages.
It is strange to contemplate that boxing is perhaps the sport where size disparity is least important, AS LONG AS THE COMBATANTS FALL WITHIN PARTICULAR PERCENTILES.
A 7 foot man is supposed to do extraordinarily well in boxing, according to size-pundits. No 7 foot man ever has though. They have been mediocre, to the man. Fury is the only man above or equal to 6'9" that has done well.
In Fury we at least see a man using his size correctly to conserve his strength and win the fight later. Of course, opponents let him do that. Marciano wouldn't.
With Marciano you are assured that it is best to win the fight as early as you can. He wants nothing more than to get you into the late rounds. It would necessarily change the game plan of a Fury to fight a Marciano. There are not going to be any coasting rounds where you stick out your glove to the top of his head illegally and fend Rocky off that way. Every round, the bigger man will have to fight and fight hard. He isn't used to that. Galoots do not want to fight that way at all. It plays right into their Achilles heel. Big men want to conserve their strength, find the right opportunity, and get you kayoat. Wilder was an exception to that. Of course, he fought like an amateur. He actually already has the right approach to beat Marciano. The galoots who want to bide their time are the ones who could be in for a surprise, if they do not figure out the correct strategy.
With that size on your side, you go out to KO Rocky right away. No messing around, no feeling out. If you fail, you will probably be kayoat.
I don't know who would win. I only believe it would be a much better fight than size-pundits think. Fury probably does not have the power to KO Marciano quickly.
Neither Fury or Wilder would want to change a thing about the way they fight, for an opponent who is a mere 5'11". Wilder would come right out to KO, and Fury would come right out to play around and show off.
Wilder would have a better chance against Rocky. Styles make fights.
There is a major disadvantage, too, which is usually given short shrift. The disadvantage does not show up in nature's mating wars, which end quickly anyway for purposes of survival. This is the extra weight that has to be carried constantly. People usually write this off, until it is lost among the bonuses for being big. But carrying extra weight is not a bonus in itself, though it may yield some advantages.
It is strange to contemplate that boxing is perhaps the sport where size disparity is least important, AS LONG AS THE COMBATANTS FALL WITHIN PARTICULAR PERCENTILES.
A 7 foot man is supposed to do extraordinarily well in boxing, according to size-pundits. No 7 foot man ever has though. They have been mediocre, to the man. Fury is the only man above or equal to 6'9" that has done well.
In Fury we at least see a man using his size correctly to conserve his strength and win the fight later. Of course, opponents let him do that. Marciano wouldn't.
With Marciano you are assured that it is best to win the fight as early as you can. He wants nothing more than to get you into the late rounds. It would necessarily change the game plan of a Fury to fight a Marciano. There are not going to be any coasting rounds where you stick out your glove to the top of his head illegally and fend Rocky off that way. Every round, the bigger man will have to fight and fight hard. He isn't used to that. Galoots do not want to fight that way at all. It plays right into their Achilles heel. Big men want to conserve their strength, find the right opportunity, and get you kayoat. Wilder was an exception to that. Of course, he fought like an amateur. He actually already has the right approach to beat Marciano. The galoots who want to bide their time are the ones who could be in for a surprise, if they do not figure out the correct strategy.
With that size on your side, you go out to KO Rocky right away. No messing around, no feeling out. If you fail, you will probably be kayoat.
I don't know who would win. I only believe it would be a much better fight than size-pundits think. Fury probably does not have the power to KO Marciano quickly.
Neither Fury or Wilder would want to change a thing about the way they fight, for an opponent who is a mere 5'11". Wilder would come right out to KO, and Fury would come right out to play around and show off.
Wilder would have a better chance against Rocky. Styles make fights.
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