Question about Rocky

[Brockton Lip]

Rocky vs George Foreman. Either George Foreman by early-mid TKO or Rocky by mid-late KO. Rocky's crouched defense I think would be effective against Big George, while at the same time Foreman's style would be hell for Rocky. Both fighters pack a serious punch. I doubt it would go all the way.

[SuzieQ49]

foreman TKO 4 marciano. foreman is the strongest heavyweight of all time. rocky would actually get bulled around(i know hard to imagine) and foreman was great at pushing them off to mid range where he could tee off on them. he would use this against marciano like he did frazier. marcianos swarming moving trading style would be made for foreman. i think marciano has a better chance than frazier at beating foreman since marciano is stronger, better two handed puncher, tends to lean back unlike frazier(always forward), and better chin.

[Brockton Lip]

Most likely.

I remember reading a good article about why Rocky would knock out George Foreman despite many theories. Now if I remembered what the article said; that would be good .

[Kid Achilles]

Agreed SuzieQ, Most likely Foreman would TKO Marciano like he did Frazier. Foreman rarely knocked anyone out with one punch or scored many clean KO's. Like Vitali Klitschko, a lot of his wins big were TKO's and a result of his heavy hands battering his opponents silly rather than great explosive punching technique and knockout power.

Louis was a much better knockout artist than Foreman. As was Marciano. True, Rocky often won by attrition but he beat more quality fighters with clean one punch KO's than Foreman.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

i'm not gunna make a prediction i'm just gunna say style wise Foreman should win

but with Marciano you can never accurately predict anything

[Brockton Lip]

i'm not gunna make a prediction i'm just gunna say style wise Foreman should win

but with Marciano you can never accurately predict anything

True dat man.

[Heckler]

but you can do no more than beat the best of your era and if you do you're a great. IMO

Essentially yes. Marciano was tough, he never ducked anyone and without a doubt was an all time great. He just never got the oppurtunity to prove himself against a higher caliber of competition, and if he did.. and if we was sucessful he would be in a better position on my list. As it stands he's at 5 or 6 and i think thats pretty fair.

[Kid Achilles]

5 or 6 is fair; having him anywhere in the top ten is reasonable. Any lower, and you're biased.

[butterfly1964]

5 or 6 is fair; having him anywhere in the top ten is reasonable. Any lower, and you're biased.

well, then i'm biased since i have him at number 13.

[BKM-]

well, then i'm biased since i have him at number 13.

Well, if you make a list of head to head match ups to determine the top 10 greatest HWs ever, yes, thats very biased. I guess you should put a screw up like Rid**** Bowe higher than Holyfield?