Who has had the best end to their career?

[mrrbyrne]

I was comparing how both of their era of fighters were on the decline. Don't make it into something else which you're obviously trying to do. Go back and read where I started talking about Marciano and read that person's quote that I quoted off of.

Yeah but my point is Marciano was there at the start, fought prime fighters, foguht fighters past there prime every fighter fights those fights!! But Marciano retired unbeaten. Lewis was good in a bad era but i regard Marciano as a great in his complete era not just the end. Im not looking to start anything and i accept your opinion. At the end of the day we are all on this site for the same reason, the love of boxing.

[Verstyle]

Yeah but my point is Marciano was there at the start, fought prime fighters, foguht fighters past there prime every fighter fights those fights!! But Marciano retired unbeaten. Lewis was good in a bad era but i regard Marciano as a great in his complete era not just the end. Im not looking to start anything and i accept your opinion. At the end of the day we are all on this site for the same reason, the love of boxing.

Marciano was also good in a bad era.Thats what I'm getting at.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

IMO Lewis had a much better ending than Marciano. Marcianos ending is perfect on paper, but that's it. Lewis was like 37 at the end of his career, i doubt Marciano would have ended his career as well as Lewis if he stayed in the game 5 more years. Marciano retired because he knew he didn't have much time left. Yeah, Lewis got KO'd at 37 years of age but he proved he could gather himself together and even win by KO one round earlier than he was KO'd. And all this at 37. Marciano never proved he could come back from defeat. Can't always read purely into stats, they don't tell the whole story.

[GTL]

IMO Lewis had a much better ending than Marciano. Marcianos ending is perfect on paper, but that's it. Lewis was like 37 at the end of his career, i doubt Marciano would have ended his career as well as Lewis if he stayed in the game 5 more years. Marciano retired because he knew he didn't have much time left. Yeah, Lewis got KO'd at 37 years of age but he proved he could gather himself together and even win by KO one round earlier than he was KO'd. And all this at 37. Marciano never proved he could come back from defeat. Can't always read purely into stats, they don't tell the whole story.

So your saying marciano should lose so he can prove that he can come back from defeat? i dont really see your logic.. he is a great fighter..

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

So your saying marciano should lose so he can prove that he can come back from defeat? i dont really see your logic.. he is a great fighter..

Not at all, what's happened has happened. Marciano never proved he had the heart to come back just like Roy Jones is criticized for not beating any great fighters. Lewis proved "AT THE END OF HIS CAREER" he had what it takes to come back. He will always hold that distinction over Marciano. Remember, we're talking about how they ended their careers, not who had the best stats at the end or it wouldn't even be a discussion.

[USA4LIFE]

Didn't he still win and wasn't he still the Undisputed World Champion when he retired? Please refresh my memory? Also didn't he defeat everyone he faced? Man I must be getting the wrong dude.

So you were impressed by his win against Klitschko? It must not take a lot to impress you. I thought the point of this thread was who ended there career the best/most impressive not who had a great career. I never once said that Lewis had a bad career but to end it like he did made him look like a coward for not giving Klitschko a rematch that he deserved, that's all.