The Bout No-one Wants To Remember

Rocky Marciano vs Joe Louis

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[octogenerian]

amen

[SmelOdies]

Joe Louis is one of the few oldtime fighters whose style would be entertaining if he appeared today. We recently had a very Joe Louisesque fighter at welter and middlweight in Felix 'Tito' Trindad. Of course, Arguello had a similar style as these two. Not particularly versatile, just a fundamentally sound, clean punching technique, and a stalking relentless come-forward style that perservered even when or especially when hurt.

[octogenerian]

Very interesting. Thanks

[robl101]

i wish heavyweights were like marciano and louis now.

[SupermanTheGreatest]

I feel sad whenever I see this video of Rocky beating Joe...but that's the way the world works. From what I've heard, Marciano even cried and felt bad for what he did to his idol. Of course, there's nothing personal in the fight.

This match has become the "passing of the torch" so to speak; a once great champion yielding his legacy to a worthy successor who will not disappoint.

RIP Louis and Marciano! Thanks for the memories! =)

[SmelOdies]

@marcxopoco LOL

[marcxopoco]

Marciano was smart enough to retire before he was way downhill, unstead of continuing to fight until he was hardly a shell of his best self, like Louis was he 'fought' Marciano.

[marcxopoco]

Keep the clueless crap coming, @SmelOdies .

[rcp1936]

I am 73 and vividly remember that fight on TV

I had never heard of Rockie but I damn sure knew who he was after that fight

[insertsloganhere]

He sounds like an older Christopher Walken, I like the guy, he has character

[Dowlin85]

Thers a great book called,crown of thorns it should have what your looking for

[lemonite1]

there are two great books that gives a very good comprehensive chart of boxing's history. 1.The Ring Magazines Illustrated History of Boxing. Gives a very clear lineage of all the classic weights and their prospective champions.

2.Ring Magazines Record Book. Gives a detailed record of almost all fighters however obscure. Makes BoxRec look puny.

[LeaperBoing]

Is anyone aware if there is a definitive book charting the history of gloved boxing, particularly heavyweight, and how it has related to the social climate of America throughout the past century? I'm a young man from Scotland, and I have to say that through being a boxing nerd of the highest order I have gained an awareness of America's history, the heavyweight champion almost always relates to his times and I find it fascinating, I'd love to read a definitive account of it all.