Ike Ibeabuchi v.s Rocky Marciano

[dyna]

Ike, too big, too strong, too much stamina, skilled enough

[Unforgiven]

Marciano would probably fight in a somewhat different manner to the way we see him tackling the likes of Moore, Walcott, Charles and old Louis.
He'd move around more, he'd box more.
He'd need to.

[dyna]

Originally Posted by Unforgiven

Marciano would probably fight in a somewhat different manner to the way we see him tackling the likes of Moore, Walcott, Charles and old Louis.
He'd move around more, he'd box more.
He'd need to.

His arms are too short, and his footspeed isn't enough.

Ike could box too.

[Synthetic Decay]

Hard to call, would have liked to have seen more of Ike. Absolute war, the extra weight is going to wear Rocky down though.

[dyna]

Originally Posted by Synthetic Decay

Hard to call, would have liked to have seen more of Ike. Absolute war, the extra weight is going to wear Rocky down though.

Marciano was already at his optimal fighting weight in the past.

A 210 lbs rocky would be so slow, Ike would box circles around him.

[Synthetic Decay]

Originally Posted by dyna

Marciano was already at his optimal fighting weight in the past.

A 210 lbs rocky would be so slow, Ike would box circles around him.

Ike's extra weight. It is going to sap Rock's energy. I agree putting on more weight would not be a great idea.

[MMJoe]

"The President" against "The Rock". Billed as the Mt Rushmore fight.

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[TheReal]

Ike on roids wins by stoppage within 6.

[MadcapMaxie]

I leaning towards Ike by late TKO in a absolute war...although with Marciano's awkwardness, power, unrelenting attack and heart I could see him surviving and taking a dec.

[MadcapMaxie]

Originally Posted by dyna

His arms are too short, and his footspeed isn't enough.

Ike could box too.

Ike showed in the Tua fight he didn't mind fighting in close, even tho this favoured Tua more and would with Marciano. However, I think the biggest thing will be Ike's constant jabbing, an old Louis did a fair bit of damage with it a prime Ike I think might be too much.

[Theron]

I cannot decide... Draw?

[dinovelvet]

Ike didn't have the best accuracy and Rock uses his underrated defence to get low under Ike's looping shots and delevier his own brute force combos.
Ike's best win is a useless Chris Byrd and a limited Tua so its hard to judge.
Hard fight for Rock , it could go either way.

[red cobra]

Marciano either by late tko or decision. Rocky was more determined, disciplined and fanatical than Tua. In a word, Marciano was a GREAT fighter and simply would not quit or get discouraged at all.

[red cobra]

Originally Posted by MMJoe

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Marciano just beat the royal shit out of Archie Moore. That is precisely the version of Rocky that I see winning over the psycho Ike. The methodical, endlessly fanatical version of Marciano.