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[LarS1963]

Why these silly arguments, about which boxer could beat which one?

What Marciano WAS, was the best of his time. He fought everyone there was to fight, several more than once, and defeated them all.

He was a poor technician, but brave as few, solid as rock, and hitting like a sledgehammer. He was extremely fit and well-trained. And.... often forgotten... the smallest and lightest man to ever hold the title a world heavyweight champion.

What else is there to say?

[boxingfan5555]

Rocky Marciano, Best Boxer Of All Time!

[CanvassBlack]

@mongoose704 I understand whites want a heavywweight champ but it is what it is. Rocky Marciano was a decent fighter with a big heart. He was probably a better person than actual fighter and I'll always respect him for that. Joe Calzaghe retired undefeated too. You get my drift.

[mongoose704]

@CanvassBlack It's hard to grab a fighter who springs from a crouch like Marciano fought from. Perhaps that's why?

[mongoose704]

@CanvassBlack Yeah old guys can't fight. Lennox Lewis, Bernard Hopkins, George Foreman, Holmes,and Holyfield never won.

The rope-a-dope worked once for Ali...when the ropes were looser than a drunken cheerleader in the Cowboys lockeroom.

Holmes made that remark about Marciano because one of Rocky's relatives was being disrespectful at the press conference. One was celebrating that Holmes lost and fell short of the record, somethign Rocky never would've approved of himself.

[CanvassBlack]

@squirilman009 Another thing, many fighters never grabbed Marciano when they were hurt. They just let him load up on those wide hooks. I meant to say" Marciano would never get away with those wide hooks not wild as I had previously stated.

[CanvassBlack]

@squirilman009 Yeah but he fought a lot of old guys who were gassed out and laying on those ropes. Ali showed heavyweights how to cover up properly on the ropes, while you were taking a break. The older fighters like Joe Walcott, Archie Moore and Joe Louis never used that strategy and that's why Marciano was able to eventually beat them after all of them gave him problems earlier. That's why Holmes also said Marciano couldnt carry his jock strap because the heavyweights had evolved so much.

[squirilman009]

@CanvassBlack Marciano was a superior in fighter and was extremely good at cutting the ring, he can fight inclose unlike alot of modern heavies.

[CanvassBlack]

Marciano would never get away with those wild hooks later on as boxing progressed and fighters tightened up their defense.

[mrxray500]

i respect that Rocky Marciano is a great boxer, and undefeated, but in the start of the video he fights like a drunken sailor

[PDMvidz]

@LarS1963 Eddie Ross went on to fight in 23 fights, 4 of them losses, 3 by KO. he Fought Joe Louis who was 40 yrs old. Archie Moore who was 41 yrs old. Jersey Joe Walcott who was 41. Lee Savold who was 39 yrs old. he fought 5 fights at under 175 lbs. even one fight at 172 lbs. he even illegally fought his brother under a different name in the amateurs! Check your facts!