A good read on ROCKY MARCIANO's punching power.

[McKay 1]

LMAO! Ali is not a puncher at all! he was never known for his power but his speed and aglility he was known for. He was a volume puncher with an awesome jab and 1,2 combination.

For a man of his size. He is was disprotionatly weak puncher.

[hectari]

For a man of his size. He is was disprotionatly weak puncher.

true. but he wasnt built like a power puncher he didnt have the powerful shoulders that most power punches have. But he wasnt slow like a man his size either! very light on his feet for a man his size so he made up for it in his agility.

[McKay 1]

true. but he wasnt built like a power puncher he didnt have the powerful shoulders that most power punches have. But he wasnt slow like a man his size either! very light on his feet for a man his size so he made up for it in his agility.

I think Ali's dancing is overrated. In most of quality wins he did very little dancing. I think he was a very good defensive fighter more than a dancer. This is my opinion though that his wins over Sonny Liston are disgustingly overrated. As I believe liston is disugtingly overrated, as mainly a means of propping up Ali's legacy. A man who got more gift decscions and positive press coverage than any other fighter in history. He should of lost to an array of fighters who you might consider as somewhat mediocre. The win over Foreman as I state in my undying thread in boxing history in the only thing cementing what is his "legacy." His "legacy" besides the drama for the Frazier fights and victory over Foreman is ****.

Mostly consisting of running his mouth over black pantheresque views.

[hectari]

Ali was good for boxing he made it huge in the 70's and 80's.

[Da Iceman]

ali wasnt even boxing in the 80's, and about the rock i think he was the hardest puncher ever he broke jaws and arms and knocked people unconsious, you dont see tyson or foreman doing that

[shocky]

You are a ******* of enormouse poportion.... You need to sober up...

[leff]

You are a ******* of enormouse poportion.... You need to sober up...

if your gonna insult someone, it would be a good ideea to tell who your insulting.

[Verstyle]

Jack Hurley, Harry "Kid" Matthew's manager, "I never saw a fighter so confident, so sure every punch he was throwing was the knockout."

Tommy Loughran (Light heavyweight champion 1927-29) "He is great by accident, or maybe instinct. He moves in and belts you, and wallops you, and moves away, and all by instinct. Then Rocky comes up with that hook, and his whole body is behind it. You have to class him with Jack Dempsey. When the fight started, Dempsey had only one thought-to knock you out. That's Marciano's instinct."

"Marciano's gloved fists broke blood vessels and bones in LaStarza's arms and elbows. First the arms grew heavy, then they began to ache awfully, then they grew numb. As the relentless battle wore on, LaStarza found it harder and harder to raise his arms, much less jab with them or punch with them. His hands lowered, his defense dissipated, Marciano began to punish him about the head. LaStarza began to take a terrible beating." Bill Libby, "The Story of a Champion", 1971.

Fred Brown said, "He hits you with something that looks like a little tap to the crowd, but the guy who gets it shakes right down to his legs."

"A right hand that registered nine on the Richter scale." Red Smith, New York Times sports columnist.

"He's the hardest hitting fighter I've ever seen. After one of his knockouts, I never take my eye off his victims till they move again." Bill Corum, sports writer.

"Rocky Marciano was probably the most ferocious man ever to win the title, and the most relentless." Ebony magazine.

"Why? His man's not that tall." Bugs Baer's reply when Don ****ell's manager requested a 20 foot ring instead of 16 foot.

"Louis is faster with a barrage of punches, but Rocky hurts more with one punch than Joe did with four. Rocky hurts you every time he connects." Response to a reporter from a sparring partner of both Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano.

"He was chastised by the press every time he fought as being a Neanderthal, no concept of boxing, who was going to get beat as soon as he got in with someone who could box, who was gonna make him look silly…It took a long time for the boxing scribes to realize they were in the presence of sheer power." Ferdie Pacheco

i bow down to u. that was a great post. ive learned to throw my punches with alittle more power thatnx to your post. so if i make it in boxin u will be named

[hectari]

i bow down to u. that was a great post. ive learned to throw my punches with alittle more power thatnx to your post. so if i make it in boxin u will be named

thanks man, you look like a mini tyson.

[Verstyle]

ali wasnt even boxing in the 80's, and about the rock i think he was the hardest puncher ever he broke jaws and arms and knocked people unconsious, you dont see tyson or foreman doing that

It also depends on who your fighting also,some people can take good shots some don't. U can be the sorriest ****er in the world and have a excellent chin and a good body