name a cruiser who beats marciano

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  1. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    not named Evander
     
  2. mcvey

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    Guillermo Jones
     
  4. mcvey

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    Possibilities
    Langford
    Johnson
    Louis
    Dempsey
    Moore
    Charles
     
  5. heerko koois

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    Evander Holyfield
     
  7. kingfisher3

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    evan fields

    i can't actually pick anyone with any confidence so i'll throw out that langford could spark anyone that size.
     
  8. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Those are Heavys.
     
  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    There isn't a cruiser who beats Marciano, period.
     
  10. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I can't produce a name but I'm sure someone probably could. Most of his best opponents were cruiser weight sized - some of whom even started their careers well below cruiser and gave him plenty of trouble despite being past their best.
     
  11. burt bienstock

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    Dempsey was chosen to beat Marciano in a poll of veteran boxing writers during Marcianos title reign in the late 1950s, by almost all the writers who saw both at their bests. And so do I, who saw Rocky ringside...Style, style, style. Rocky a great tough heavyweight missed half his punches and was nowhere as fast or accurate a hitter as Dempsey was and Jack gets there " fustess with the mostess " of that I am pretty certain...With 2 equal punchers SPEED COUNTS...
    to stop Rocky...
     
  12. foreman&dempsey

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    first of all, skinny without experience holyfield would get killed!!! by marciano, the only advantage of evander would be his extra artificial mass at 215 pounds with roids. your answer is dempsey, he hits faster and he would beat rocky under the 3 knock downs rule.
     
  13. foreman&dempsey

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    :lol:
     
  14. klompton2

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    Holyfield would do it. Not sure beyond that. Id pay big bucks to see Holyfield/Marciano. Thatd be a war.
     
  15. mcvey

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    I take it to mean under 200lbs, which all of these were for major fights