David Tua v Roland Lastarza ?

You don't think people have grown bigger since the 1950's?

 

When I was a kid the average height of a man
was 5' 8" it's now 5'10".

 

Layne was a busted flush after the Marciano fight.
That win and the closeness of their first fight sold the second one.I'm not denying Lastarza was ranked I'm saying he didn't deserve a title fight.A couple of fights previously he had lost to and been floored by a lhvy journeyman who has a less than30% ko record so he was no puncher..

Anyone picking Lastarza ,or giving him a realistic chance here should read Suzie Q's thread about Roland!
Too many self appointed keepers of Rocky Marciano's flame forming a circle with the wagons to ward off non -existant attacks on him .
He is the sacred cow ,so sacred ,you cannot even match his opponents against modern fighters without being accused of slander!

 

You pick one guy and make a generalisation from that, I didn't realise you expected me to take your question seriously. I don't so no response.
Lastarza would have his hands full against Fres Oquendo and Rahman ,Maskaev, Izon would beat him.


Read Suzie's thread ,Lastarza was a manufactured fighter.

 

In the South Pacific the height of the

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populations have long been known for their great size and stature. Early descriptions from European explorers of these Polynesians, speak of their great size and physiques. In 2009 a survey by the

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found that both islands had males averaging 1.8034 m (5 ft 11 in) tall, while immigrants descending from both nations equalled that of Dinarians and Dutch at 1.857 m (6 ft 1 in) tall.[

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] The reasons for this is believed that the

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of Samoa and Tonga are truly genetically the largest people in the world.[

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] This is based on the fact that, though the environmental and dietary factors contribute to Dinarian and Dutch heights, this is not the case for the height of peoples of Samoan and Tongan heritage. This makes them one of the tallest peoples in the world and history, as the 9000 year old skeleton of the

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(also of Polynesian origin) was 1.778 m (5 ft 10 in) in height. The suspected reason for their great stature is due to a long practices of

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by selecting tall strong warriors as mates[

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].

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the late former queen of Tonga was 1.905 m (6 ft 3 in) and

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the king of the Samoan island of

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was recorded as being 1.9812 m (6 ft 6 in) in height.

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(formerly known as Valerie Vili); a reigning shot putter in women's Olympic champion and three-time World champion, two-time Commonwealth and World Indoor champion is 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) in height

 

Layne had recently lost to Harry Mathews and 11-2-1 Willie James a year earlier , he had been ruined by Marciano,the division was in meltdown. Why didn't Lastarza fight Mathews who had just beaten Layne?