Marciano: alternate legacy

[FiftyCal]

Let me tell you something, once and for all--Rocky Marciano was good; but compared to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano ain't ****.

[Anthony342]

On a social timescale Marciano falls just before the dismantelment of segregation. Retire undefeated and you will be revered and loved for ages. I believe his greatness has alot to do with the publicity that he recieved in his time, it makes all fighters histories to speak off. Marcianos was just polished from the time he hit. He beat some big names but most of them were on the last leg of their careers.

Suppose Tyson had just up and said I retire after his demolition of Carl "the Truth"Williams in one round. In just 3 years and 4 months Tyson had literally cleaned out the division. Berbick, Smith, Thomas, Tucker, Biggs, Holmes, Tubbs, Spinks, Bruno and finally Williams. 10 defenses in 38 months, Tyson completely dominated. A much bigger feet than Rocky Marciano ever accomplished.............Rockin'

He does not have an argument for #1 at all but imo he's top 10.

Oh okay, that's what I thought. I believe guys like Emannuel Stewart and other announcers at the time were saying the same thing when Hopkins was getting close to that 20th title defense. I believe he and others still ranked guys like Hagler and Monzon higher because there was no super middleweight divison for those guys at the time, so the weight class was less watered down. I didn't think much of Hopkins at first, until his more recent fights and then when I finally got a chance to watch a career set on him. I guess, like someone else here said, at 46, he's like the Archie Moore of today.