why was rocky marciano such a good puncher?

[The Surgeon]

He was born with heavy hands basically. Yeah he got good leverage in his shots and committed to the punches but for the most part it was just a case of being a born puncher.

[Ray Corso]

Part of Rocky's philosophy was to punch threw his target but NOT to make contact fully extended! Try to get close enough to maintain the angle on your arm (in the elbow) when making contact!
Thats how power can be improved, its called technique! Ray.

[BigStereotype]

It's just one of those things that can be summed up quite easily: Because he just was.

Quoted for truth. Some guys can just fuckin ****. Rock was one of them.

[Greg House]

He wasn't a great puncher like Shavers, Foreman, Tyson, etc... Most of his knockouts came in the later rounds when facing good opposition and a lot of them were by acumulation of punches.

He was heavy handed and had great cardio. He could throw the same amount of punches in round 15 than in round 1. He was more like a volume puncher, he put a beating on a lot of his opponents, although he had one punch knockout power too because of his heavy hands. He threw a lot of punches per round and his great chin allowed him to keep going even when the other guy was fighting back and conecting.

[- Ram Raid -]

There's a whisper on the wind that says he was made of rock.

[Scott9945]

He wasn't a great puncher like Shavers, Foreman, Tyson, etc... Most of his knockouts came in the later rounds when facing good opposition and a lot of them were by acumulation of punches.

He was heavy handed and had great cardio. He could throw the same amount of punches in round 15 than in round 1. He was more like a volume puncher, he put a beating on a lot of his opponents, although he had one punch knockout power too because of his heavy hands. He threw a lot of punches per round and his great chin allowed him to keep going even when the other guy was fighting back and conecting.

That was a good summary. Marciano was also had much better skills than usually gets credit for. He knew his limitations and played to his strengths. He was also harder to hit than most think.

[RINGG]

It wasn't the Italian food?