Rocky Marciano Undefeated Tribute

Kid_Boxing · 11-20-2012, 07:30 AM

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O5manali · 11-20-2012, 09:52 AM

Marciano vs ray Robinson was a fight to see but never happened

HOUDINI · 11-20-2012, 10:12 AM

Thanks for posting. Marciano was one of the greatest hwts ever to live.

CrossedLine · 11-20-2012, 10:27 AM

He was incredible; still love the whole idea that he was breaking down nerves in their arms. Thank you for posting.

RockyJim · 11-20-2012, 10:33 AM

Great tribute piece...class guy...humble outside the ring...but in the ring it was a different story...he just kept on coming...

Kid_Boxing · 11-20-2012, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by O5manali

Marciano vs ray Robinson was a fight to see but never happened

Seamus · 11-20-2012, 03:14 PM

The cold eye of historical perspective has rightly diminished the legend. Not by his own choice he fought a group of aging, past-it contenders and champs most of whom were natural light heavies. I am not sure I can think of another period of 8 years (really 7) post-Dempsey during which he would go undefeated in the heavyweight ranks.

A great fighter, a great fighter in the heavyweight class, not sure if I feel comfortable calling him a great heavyweight.

Bummy Davis · 11-20-2012, 03:53 PM

If Ali was great,If Louis was great, If Holmes was great, if Frazier was great then Marciano was truly great. Times have changed to the Super heavyweight and there have been a few excellent ones Lewis, Klitschko's and a few very good ones like Bowe but that is this era, in Marciano's era he was the best of the big men and despite the naysayers guys like Walcott,Charles,Moore were great experienced fighters and Champs or #1 contenders of the day

If the Super-heavyweight went back to Rocky's day they may have been picked off and if Rocky and the group were born today they would be bigger men....anyway Great is Great, good is good and Rocky was great.

Danmann · 11-20-2012, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Seamus

The cold eye of historical perspective has rightly diminished the legend. Not by his own choice he fought a group of aging, past-it contenders and champs most of whom were natural light heavies. I am not sure I can think of another period of 8 years (really 7) post-Dempsey during which he would go undefeated in the heavyweight ranks.

A great fighter, a great fighter in the heavyweight class, not sure if I feel comfortable calling him a great heavyweight.

Oh please. He fought a 38 year old who was champ, and still going strong. Ezzard Charles was still good, and had good fight in him, and LaStarza was in prime. Moore held title for 5 years after Marciano fight. He beat all of them in tittle bouts decisively.

rusak · 11-21-2012, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Danmann

Oh please. He fought a 38 year old who was champ, and still going strong. Ezzard Charles was still good, and had good fight in him, and LaStarza was in prime. Moore held title for 5 years after Marciano fight. He beat all of them in tittle bouts decisively.

You mean the light heavyweight title?

Marciano beat up a bunch of past-prime runts while wearing 6 ounce gloves.

SuzieQ49 · 11-21-2012, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Seamus

The cold eye of historical perspective has rightly diminished the legend. Not by his own choice he fought a group of aging, past-it contenders and champs most of whom were natural light heavies. I am not sure I can think of another period of 8 years (really 7) post-Dempsey during which he would go undefeated in the heavyweight ranks.

A great fighter, a great fighter in the heavyweight class, not sure if I feel comfortable calling him a great heavyweight.

So you consider him the greatest cruiserweight of all time?

Can you list your heavyweights whom you actually consider great?

Seamus · 11-21-2012, 09:54 AM

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So you consider him the greatest cruiserweight of all time?

Can you list your heavyweights whom you actually consider great?

Tony Tubbs
Kallie Knoetze
William Sherriff
LIonel Butler

sugarkills · 11-21-2012, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by O5manali

Marciano vs ray Robinson was a fight to see but never happened

That's because Rocky would've KILLED Ray.

MadcapMaxie · 11-22-2012, 01:01 AM

Awesome tribute to my favourite fighter theres some snippets of footage here I've never seen before. Good stuff.

TheSouthpaw · 11-22-2012, 04:09 AM

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Great thread , Great footage..Thankyou for this Kid!

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RockyJim Contender ESB Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,268 vCash: 1000	Re: Rocky Marciano Undefeated Tribute Great tribute piece...class guy...humble outside the ring...but in the ring it was a different story...he just kept on coming...
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Seamus Undisputed Champion East Side VIP Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lisboa, Portugal Posts: 10,118 vCash: 1000	Re: Rocky Marciano Undefeated Tribute The cold eye of historical perspective has rightly diminished the legend. Not by his own choice he fought a group of aging, past-it contenders and champs most of whom were natural light heavies. I am not sure I can think of another period of 8 years (really 7) post-Dempsey during which he would go undefeated in the heavyweight ranks. A great fighter, a great fighter in the heavyweight class, not sure if I feel comfortable calling him a great heavyweight.
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Bummy Davis Champion East Side Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York Posts: 8,197 vCash: 1000	Re: Rocky Marciano Undefeated Tribute If Ali was great,If Louis was great, If Holmes was great, if Frazier was great then Marciano was truly great. Times have changed to the Super heavyweight and there have been a few excellent ones Lewis, Klitschko's and a few very good ones like Bowe but that is this era, in Marciano's era he was the best of the big men and despite the naysayers guys like Walcott,Charles,Moore were great experienced fighters and Champs or #1 contenders of the day If the Super-heavyweight went back to Rocky's day they may have been picked off and if Rocky and the group were born today they would be bigger men....anyway Great is Great, good is good and Rocky was great.
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MadcapMaxie Belt holder ESB Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,765 vCash: 500	Re: Rocky Marciano Undefeated Tribute Awesome tribute to my favourite fighter theres some snippets of footage here I've never seen before. Good stuff.
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