Originally posted by Dr. Z
Liston was an old man when Martin stopped him
Liston was thrown in with some good fighters early,guys like Summerlin.
Marciano was fed a collection of stiffs at the start of his career.
Got the benefit of 2 dubious decisions because his manager was the matchmaker for MSG and he was connected to the Mob run IBC .
Marciano retired before he aged , it would have been interesting to see how he would have performed against a Leotis Martin when Liston's age.
I beleive Marciano fought 2 Ring ranked contenders before he challenged for the title,Louis and Layne.
Liston fought 7.
Hunter
Bethea
DeJohn
Valdes
Harris
Machen
Folley
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