Why does no-one ever talk about Rocky Marciano?

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  • leff
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    #11
    Originally posted by beeatch!
    the Rock is underrated because he didn't have dazzling talent like RJJ, in fact he didn't have much talent at all. What he had was superb conditioning - he was never out of shape, and more heart / determination than any other fighter alive or that has ever lived
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    • leff
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      #12
      Originally posted by beeatch!
      the Rock is underrated because he didn't have dazzling talent like RJJ, in fact he didn't have much talent at all. What he had was superb conditioning - he was never out of shape, and more heart / determination than any other fighter alive or that has ever lived
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      • SonnyG8R
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        #13
        Marciano was great. To call him overrated is pure ******ity and possibly racist.

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        • Atwa_66
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          #14
          Originally posted by cple
          I remember him as one of the few heavyweight champions that defeated every viable contender in his era and retired entirely on his own terms. So many are labeling him overrated that he's beginning to become underrated.
          Yeah, he isn't ever talked about around here. And if his opponents were not hand picked, then he was indeed one helluva fighter.

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