Rocky Marciano

[4truth]

He was protected by the mob.... Sonny Liston would have destroyed him!

Sonny Liston had not developed into anything like contender status by 1955 when Marciano retired. There is no way anyone was avoiding Liston at that point because he wasn’t even very good yet.

That said, even the best version of Liston would have been eaten alive by either Louis or Marciano, imo.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

that's true, I highly regarded him as a good boxer. So what's your point? and we're talking about Marciano here, so stick with the topic. Like what you said, Rocky is a total garbage, a bum. marciano fought in one of the weakest eras in the heavyweight division the best men on his record walcot charles and Louis were all past there best louis was completely shot that wasn't rocky's fought but that is the facts it's the men u fight that make a fighter

What I said? Haha. No. I didn't say that. I would never call Rocky a bum. He beat the best of his era. He's a legend.

TC hasn't proven anything, according to you.

Yet, Rocky is a bum? TC's worth following? That bum who hasn't fought anybody?

Twisted logic, man.

Boxing's all about comparisons.

If you call one guy a bum, you gotta be consistent. If being a bum means you haven't proven yourself, then TC by your own logic, is a bum. Yet, you praise him and trash Rocky. Makes no sense.

[Curtis Harper]

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[Southpawology]

He was a severely undersized heavyweight its astonishing he got as far as he did. A 185LB heavyweight knocking bigger guys silly.

Marciano also had a pathetic reach for a heavyweight, 68". Tank Davis is a 5'4" 130LBer and has a 67 1/2" reach.

[LoadedWraps]

He beat Ezzard Charles twice, Jersey Joe Walcott twice, Archie Moore, Roland La Starza twice, the ghost of Joe Louis, and Don ****ell.

Who else that was active at that time should he have fought?

Well said.

And a bunch of posts in here also said it well.

Rocky is deservedly one of the greatest ever. To be always undersized and outbox and dominate offensively everyone you face...he had high ring IQ and would break anyone down, and had godly power.

[Century Tuna]

What I said? Haha. No. I didn't say that. I would never call Rocky a bum. He beat the best of his era. He's a legend.

TC hasn't proven anything, according to you.

Yet, Rocky is a bum? TC's worth following? That bum who hasn't fought anybody?

Twisted logic, man.

Boxing's all about comparisons.

If you call one guy a bum, you gotta be consistent. If being a bum means you haven't proven yourself, then TC by your own logic, is a bum. Yet, you praise him and trash Rocky. Makes no sense.

Marciano fought Wash Up ,over the Hill that were Champs,that was 40yrs and Older for recognition, He Retired at the age of 27,because he saw what was coming that he couldn't handle ,so sleep that One off.

[Century Tuna]

Sonny Liston had not developed into anything like contender status by 1955 when Marciano retired. There is no way anyone was avoiding Liston at that point because he wasn’t even very good yet.

That said, even the best version of Liston would have been eaten alive by either Louis or Marciano, imo.

Rocky fought past over the hill former champ. What he did to Joe Louis he should have been put in jail

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Marciano fought Wash Up ,over the Hill that were Champs,that was 40yrs and Older for recognition, He Retired at the age of 27,because he saw what was coming that he couldn't handle ,so sleep that One off.

At the age of 27? You need to do your research, bruh. Marciano was 32 when he retired.

See what Don Turner has to say about him. He's only been training fighters for fifty years...

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[Century Tuna]

At the age of 27? You need to do your research, bruh. Marciano was 32 when he retired.

See what Don Turner has to say about him. He's only been training fighters for fifty years...

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I stand corrected. sorry got mixed up on my head but what i meant about 27. it was April 27 ,1956 rocky retires to boxing. Marciano didn't fight nobody but bums from the bar, and a few old grandads passed their prime.

[M Bison]

Well if all of your career you only fought mailmen, milkmen and senior citizens I guess wouldn't take much to have a perfect record.

It's called the history section. Also, those mailmen and milkmen that you refer to were some of the toughest guys about in the era. These people would fight more than twice a year they were hard conditioned and weren't scared of getting into a war unlike a lot of the current guys in boxing. Not that I'm gonna call them anything for that, but its obvious that the people of the past were much more braver, tougher and entertaining.