Rocky Marciano vs Archie Moore - Sept. 21, 1955 - Round 8 - 9 & Interviews

[smokinlefthook]

ARCHIE MOORE WAS THE BETTER BOXER BUT MARCIANO TOOK HIS HEART IN THIS FITE

[GGE47]

Was this Marciano's last fight? He did not go for NO. 50 because he was 49-0.He was getting up in age too.

[TA152H01]

@GGE47 He was only in his early 30s.

He quit for a number of reasons. One he didn't have any great fights waiting for him. Another was he was tired of his manager taking so much money. Last, he lost his desire to fight, and couldn't commit to training the way he had.

Like this fight, he won a lot on conditioning. Without it, he'd have been a very vulnerable fighter. It's better he quit once he lost his zest for training rather than pull an Ali and fight for money.

[ThePlaystationwii60]

@TA152H01 he also promised his wife t retire

[blueparrot989]

rocky marciano is my favourite fighter of all time! he had everything.

[carlitoboxing7]

rocky was very dirty, let's admit it.. i've seen a lot of elbows and rabbit punches in this fight

[AntiFeminaziMale]

@carlitoboxing7 no. he wasn't. that's a dopey comment. marciano simply hit you eveyrwhere, in your face, your elbow, your ribs, your gut, your breastplate lol he didn't give a fuck lol he was the best, bar NONE ..FUCK tyson and ali lol 49-0 with 43 knockouts isn't a fluke jack. END OF STORY.

[carlitoboxing7]

@AntiFeminaziMale he hit everywhere and also anyhow, this contains also being dirty, watch closely and you'll see it

[DeDona1]

Rocky seems impervious to pain and punched Moore into submission. BRUTAL!

[ChrisX50X]

Rocky MArciano my favourite ;)

[lggriffin]

"The Bull and the Toreador, and the Bull keeps coming!"

[thewelshviper]

marciano would always find a way to win his three best things was his power,his iron chin and his heart

[Ashbeat1209]

imagine if rocky lost a few pounds and fought as a light heavy how devasting he would be

[kenzo5716]

Archie Moore was not only a great fighter, but he could take a hell of a beating, too. Anybody that can stand and trade punches with "The Rock" is one heck of a man in my book. What stamina these fighters had!

[3rdStoneObliterum]

I think Archie woulda done much better at age 28 than 38 (40?). But still Rocky may have worn him out just the same, KOing him in the 12th instead of the 9th.

[tw69hands2]

@3rdStoneObliterum:

Nah! Archie would have beaten him like his name was EVERLAST at 28. He dang near got him at 38...Come on now!

[jrgniuwer]

old archie coming his hair after the fight!, lol, legend!

[Ghstwn]

This fight was the reason Marciano decided to retire. Moore was tough as hell, and took Marcianos best. Even giving it back to him in the round after being knocked down twice., and then come on to win the next round as well. Marciano knew he might not be able to carry on aginst a younger man as tough as Moore was. So he wisely retired. Though him fighting Patterson might have been interesting. If Patterson didn't get hurt, he might have taken Marciano on points with his speed.

[liljoerox]

@Ghstwn could have been an interesting fight but realistically I don't see any way Patterson could have avoided getting hit by Rocky at some point in the fight. Marciano was, at worst, no worse than Sonny Liston and he punched just as hard.

[Ghstwn]

@liljoerox I tend to agree with you. Even if Rocky didn't manage to get to his head, I doubt Patterson could have handled the body shots very long.

[willis7319]

That was a fast count. should have giving archie a chance too come back he was still in this fight

[x33mmm]

@willis7319 after the 5th round archie moore was out of the fight only defending and waiting to be knocked out by the great rocky marciano

[TA152H01]

You can't watch this fight without gaining more respect for the loser than the winner. Moore has to be one of the toughest men to ever get into the ring. Marciano is Marciano, also very tough, but the type of beating Moore took, and kept getting up and recovering until it was impossible, shows such will, character and toughness, it's hard to imagine. Skill is one thing, but when it goes with that type of toughness, it makes him an all time great. And he's no HW, he's a LH. Incredible.

[TA152H01]

Moore had too much courage. For all his supposed smarts, he tried a stupid tactic early in trying to back Marciano up, even though his knock down came when he was moving back and Marciano leaping forward.

He should have boxed more, and stopped thinking he was so smart he could outsmart Marciano for the first rounds and back him up. Dumb. That's Marciano's fight, and Moore learned it too late. If he boxed early, and used the ring, he'd have made a better fight.

[gregluland]

@TA152H01 Too true, fancy trying to out punch Marciano, he hit like an elephant.

[JohnnyBoyCali]

The only word I can say for these two men is COURAGE.

[DrMo249]

Great fight. If Moore was 10 years younger he may have won this fight if he stayed outside & didn't trade with Rocky. He's 1 of the GOAT showed amazing guts & heart. Though past his prime he was still world class here but was always far better as a LHW. Rocky did what he does best & gave Archie a brutal beating. Thanks again for posting the fight.

[primeboxers]

@DrMo249 you're welcome!

[x33mmm]

@DrMo249 no way moore could win this rocky mar4ano was the best

[BlinkBoyBrad]

@DrMo249 I hate when people always come to a legends video and try and claim "oh well if he was in his prime he wouldve won" Get real man, moore was gutsy, and a decent fighter, but rocky was the better fighter, no matter how he won. And for the record, Rocky wasn't even in his prime 100 percent yet, so if you're going to pull the "what if" card, do it from both sides man

[spactick]

Archie Moore was just exhausted. Rocky just wore him out. Great fight.

[BlinkBoyBrad]

@spactick rocky "just" wore him out? he knocked him out, i reaally get annoyed when people try and take things away from rocky, just shut the fuck up

[spactick]

@BlinkBoyBrad weither he wore him out, or knocked him out is irrelivent. the point is he won. and I'm not taking anything away from Marciano. I used to watch Marciano's fights with my grandfather when I was a little kid in the early 50's. Grandpa used to show me (round for round) how Rocky was beating his opponents. Although today he wouldn't be a heavy weight, he'd probably be a cruiser, or a light-heavy weight. All historians of the game respect Marciano. As do I.

[AntiFeminaziMale]

@BlinkBoyBrad agreed indeed. the rock was "A" rock. 49-0 isn't a fluke.

[AntiFeminaziMale]

@spactick it's called stamina..moore said marciano was afraid of him...the results please??? lolol hahahaaaaa

[spactick]

@AntiFeminaziMale probably, Marciano had an incredable training routine. And no matter what anyone says, the point is he DID beat Moore. But Moore himself was a warrior and you shouldn't take anything away from him. Rocky probably could have fought a few more years and had a higher number record,but he had nothing left to prove. Look at all the fighters who stayed in the ring longer than they should have.