Lennox Lewis v Rocky Marciano

Dammit, my timing was out. Sorry, that was in response to Choklab

 

Why?

Do you want a list of fighters who gained 30lb (Tua included) who did not become stationary?

Why try so hard to believe Marciano is the only guy from the history of the planet who never could have benefited from modern training?

 

:good

 

What I enjoy about Rocky is exactly that he was NOT this elegant, graceful puncher like Louis or this wonderful mover like Ali. He didn't have a body beautiful like Wlad or the charisma of Dempsey.
On paper the poor sod didn't seem to have a whole lot going for him and as you say you watch him and he's doing almost as much wrong as right.
But he won and won and just kinda kept winning.
Turns out he was quite good at the winning part.
Fighters who said he made a ton of mistakes and weren't impressed by him sang a different tune afterwards.
It's like he became a great by accident on purpose.

 

To be fair Tua is a Samoan and they're different to the rest of us humans. That said, it does look like Marciano could have added some more weight to his frame. I think his footwork is slow because of the way he sets himself up to punch, tbh

 

Fantastic way of putting it!:good

 

And if his footwork was so slow, how did he mange to hit anyone with his 67 inch reach? He must have cut the distance to be in range to land. Look at his knockout of Walcott in their first fight:he takes 3 small steps and then a larger one to get in position to land the kayo punch; that might not be quick footwork, but it's effective footwork!

 

Jesus

 

If Lennox came in looking for the KO, Rocky is out in 3. Rocky doesn't have enough size or skill to handle that monster.

 

Marciano gets knocked the **** out.

 

No, not 3. Lewis does it in the first round.

 

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