Rocky Marciano VS Mike Tyson.

[rocco1252]

The only fighter I could honestly say Marciano would have a tough time with if not lose to would be Foreman. Look at the fight style's of Marciano and Frazier very similar and look at the how Ali faced up with Frazier in those 3 bouts, and Marciano would be the same way no quit attitude, even more heart and power than Frazier and I think Ali would be in alittle more trouble with Marciano than he was with Frazier. The have the come foward style which gave Ali alittle trouble. Foreman had the same style (come foward but he had size and power on his side thats why Frazier had some much trouble with him because the same styles clashed and one was just bigger than the other. Marciano would have the same problem with Foreman and would keep up with Ali like Frazier did. Tyson now on the other hand had problems with people who could stay with him, he was powerful and big yes but with someone who had the same style as Tyson minus all the defense was Marciano. He didnt need the defense though in the end he had the heart and he had power in both hands just like Tyson. And for your black person comment I dont see what your talking about, unfortunately for you white men were the first champions for the first half of boxing career and yeah blacks have it now but theres just not enough white men wanting to beat one another up any more they grew alittle bit smarter!

[ricecrispi]

Easy answer. Look at the guys fight back grounds.

Tyson
Pros. He is a freak of a fighter who has explosive power, great hand speed, and agility. In his prime his weaving and duck was top notch and not only that he washard to hit, he could expose you and exploit it with a clean hard punch or a combo. Solid chin but also as we know now, prone to quit. Tyson also got cut easily around the eyes
Cons.
Tyson gets frustrated after not getting his way in the ring. He doesn't like going the distance and always goes for the early KO and if he doesn't he fades and isn't as effective because he throws single punches instead of combos. Still dangerous with single punch KO.

Marciano
Pros. Ko puncher in both hands and with a single punch. Very aggressive and likes to swarm. Defense has above average but he got hit when he traded punches. Solid chin and never gave up.
Cons. He was unskilled and did not have a set up offense and trading punches too often and sometimes taking 4-5 punchs for a good one. He got cut easily and his style was simple so he could lose by point in a 12 round fight more often.

Marciano and Tyson would met head on and with MArciano style he would go after Mike and mike avoiding him easily. Marciano get hit alot with bombs and get knocked down even 1-2 times the first round or two. Tyson is just to quick and fast for Marciano. Tyson is like nothin Marciano has ever seen and Marciano looks beat up already.

Problem for Mike is Marciano gets up everytime after a knockdown and he gets discouraged. Tyson will slow down and when Tyson starts throwing single punch and trade punchs with Marciano, Tyson gets caught with a solid left and goes down for good.

[Tha Greatest]

Tyson does not respond well with fighters with heart...


Rocky Marciano was one of the most relentless, courageous, warriors in the history of the sport...

[Ali_is_the_greatest17]

I think Rocky will win because he can box...Tyson cant box, he's just a hard puncher...thats all.
Rocky can take punches and Tyson cant.
Rocky has a style that can beat Tyson's style.
And to sum it all up...Rocky is just a better fighter than Tyson.

Rocky by KO.

[Cambria]

Lol if Marciano was black he would still get his ass kicked by Tyson.But you are white .You will always give praise to a white fighter over a black one.
Louis is naturally around 200 not 215 or 220.So Marciano beat a washed up fighter who was at his best at around 200 so what is your point?Who did Joe Louis beat?Jack Sharkey?Lol the funny thing about racist whites like you is when you try to make others out to be racist.Joe Louis is black.Jack Johnson was black.Niether could ever beat Marciano or a guy like Dempsey who as we know are both white.All of my favorite atheletes are white besides Tommy Hearns and George Foreman.So if you think i am racist then try again little boy.
Marciano would be destroyed by Tyson because he is to small ******.It has nothing to do with his color.But the reason you think he would win is because he is white.Until Vitali won the title who was the last heavyweight champion who was white?Does this mean white guys can't fight.Again hell no.But you have to fight blacks and whites to be considered great.And the fact is Maricano only fought 5 black fighters as a pro.And all of them gave him a hell of a time.Neither of these fighters were as quick and powerful as Tyson.Infact none were naturally heavyweight.Louis would be a big cruiserweight today.
Marciano isnt a heavyweight period.To say he could beat any decent heavyweight is absurd.Do you see any other 180 pound fighter moving up to heavyweight and knocking out anybody?Hell no.Jone and Toney moved up and fought Ruiz who is naturally a 180 to 90 pound man.And neither knocked him out.Why would Marciano be able to move up and knock out guys like Bowe,Lewis ect ect ect?Because he is white?
Man this is getting old.No matter how nice you try to make this some whites will always have to pull Maricano out of their ass.Marciano so strong and tough bull****.Marciano was tough for a 180 pound fighter fighting other 180 pound fighters.Tyson has made a living out of knocking out 220 pound men.Tyson is a heavyweight Marciano isn't.Marciano would be destroyed.But anyway why bother to explain this.You are white so you will try to build up Marciano to something he will never be.Most young black guys will try to build up Tyson to soemthing he never was.
But Tyson still owns any slow handed weak 180 pound fighter.

I understand your points, kind of but Tyson can't take a punch. That wasn't exposed till he lost to Douglas. All fighters up until that point were intimidated by him. Most fighters pre 1980 weren't afraid to fight anyone. Boxers of Marciano's era wore very little padding also. I think Tyson would get his feelings hurt in a fight against Marciano.

[rologodoy]

Rocky all the way. No contest. Marciano was the best fighter ever, period. Proof of that is that he never lost a fight and fought fighters who were thirty to forty pounds heavier. Marciano was a one punch knockout artist. Marciano would have beaten James Braddock (who was portrayed by that Australian in a recent movie) probably in two rounds. It took Joe Louis eight rounds to put the lights out on Braddock. Marciano would have knocked out Muhammad Ali in five or six rounds. Marciano in a fight never lost his cool, he was the perfect fighting machine. Louis could have never beaten Rocky.

[butterfly1964]

Lol rico your family is white.So your family is ******ed.Of course they are going to say some little white boy is just as good as any black man.You are white.Nothing you say will bother me or prove anything.Black men rule the sport or boxing.So evidently being black or white means something.Lol you act like because footage is black or white it has something to do with how a fighter looks.
Kid you are a moron.Marciano looked impressive fighter mostly other slow small white guys,Tyson looked impressive fighter mostly 220 plus pound black men.Beating a 180 pound fighter and beating a good 220 pound fighter are 2 different things.And ooohhh your family likes Joe Louis?And?Louis was half white.And alot of white people try to find some black or half black to like to say they aren't racist.So your point is?
Louis looked impressive beating up small white guys.But when he fought a black fighter he got his ass kicked so again i guess being black means something doesn't it?
Haha and ot Ali is the greatest when the hell did Marciano show he can handle a 220 pound mans punch?He was dropped by Moore a middleweight.He was dropped by Walcott a 190 pound fighter.But he could handle a 220 pounds man punch like Tyson?Lol get the *** out of here.Tyson would crush him.So would Foreman Bowe Lewis Tua Lyle Frazier Norton Ibeabuchi Peters ect ect ect.
If it wasn't for complete idiots or racist morons like you this would be the best boxing forum there is.

this crap is so funny. tommyhearns804 should go on standup comedy for his racist hotheaded replies.

[Verstyle]

this crap is so funny. tommyhearns804 should go on standup comedy for his racist hotheaded replies.

he is a racist biased person and he hates tyson. and this is coming from someone thats black.which is me

[butterfly1964]

he may be, but he is funny as well. Joe louis ko'd by tyson LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kid dynamite]

How would Marciano respond if Tyson bit his ear, it needs to be considered.

he would definitely go after tyson in a rage that hasn't been seen in his way of fighting ..i think he would just continue to fight and his emotional response to it would be to 'kill him.