Rocky Marciano's so called punching power

Samuel Peter is muscle bound, more like blubber bound, all marciano would have to do is walk away from Peters because he is so fat he'd get tired after his legs chaff against each other for 11 rounds. Sadly Wlad almost got laid out by Peters 3 times in 1 fight. Seriously Ross Puritty, Wlad got knocked out by Ross Puritty and we are trying to compare him against a guy who never lost a single fight and fought and knockedout 4 guys who make the top 20 (walcott,charles, moore, louis) Am I the only one who thinks a boxer who is knocked out by a D rate fighter that never sniffed the title in the 90s when he had well over 20 fights under his belt is a joke?

Some people think Wlad improved. His losses to corrie sanders and lamont brewster show to me he didn't. His near loss to peter show he didn't. It shows to me his opposition just got easier. How can 4 people consistently drop or knockdown/out a guy and then all of a sudden when these guys retire he becomes an unstoppable force and immovable object. Most the guys he is fighting aren't worth their weight in air as boxers.

 

Thank god for janitor and his logic, it seems there are alot of idiots who are getting into boxing, go back to mma or body building or whatever it is that makes you think big muscles =power.
Look at the top contenders, almost all fat.
-b sterivine
-c arreola
-short russian fighter who cancelled his fight because he got too fat.
-chisora
Today guys lack discipline just want to eat and party

 

Ross Purrity was about the same size as Big Bill Wilson. Maybe a bit heavier, but still a lot bigger than Rocky (Wilson was 230lbs when the Rock stopped him inside of a round). Johnny Skhor was 6'4, and was 220lbs when he was stopped in six rounds. Neither of these guys ruled in Marciano's era, and neither would Purrity. Peter wouldn't have been a lock to rule, either. Too slow with a wide open defense. James Toney proved that a smaller man could get inside and do business when they fought the first time.

Wlad's a different story, but that's more due to skill-set than size. Size helps...but skills pay the bills, more often than not.

 

What joke is Wlad exactly? Worth about 40 million USD. No one has even touched him in 7 or so years.

But, I guess, any big fella off the street with a scant bit of nut sack should be able to school him, right?

 

Fact is, Marciano knocked out a bigger guy who was around the same size as a lot of modern heavyweights. If someone did it first, that's probably because it proves the point that a smaller man can indeed kayo a larger man if they land the right shot (and have the talent needed to do so). Marciano clearly landed the right shot (or selection of shots). Someone without a trace of power (as you claim him to be) shouldn't be capable that, should they?

 

It mostly proves the point that Shkor had a disgraceful glass jaw.

 

If Marciano were completely devoid of power, that wouldn;t matter, would it? And from everything that you and Shawn Kemp have said, that's obviously gotta be the case...right?

 

Big does not equal Big + Skilled + Talented.

You can not compare the larger scrubs Marciano KO'd to modern super heavy champions. CHAMPIONS is the operative word here.

 

Problem is those scrubs marciano beat were more skilled and talented to the guys of the last 13 years who rely solely on size like klitschko. They have trouble to beat small unskilled opponents like samuel peter or ross puritty or corrie sanders and lamont brewster.

 

I'll agree...but this goes both ways. The fact that Marciano was able to find ways to defeat and stop guys who had achieved CHAMPION status, regardless of weight/size reflects well on his ability. I think you and I are arguing the same point from different perspectives, really. Nothing wrong with that, as far as I'm concerned.