Which current HWs are better punchers than Marciano?

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  1. Wass1985

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    So now Tyson is lying about his upbringing.

    I wonder if he lied about flying pigeons in Brooklyn. Maybe he really walked poodles in Bel Air.
     
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    Yes, that's the point. Finally, you are out of denial and on the road to recovery. I'm glad :)
     
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    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Just like your head pic.... :jump:
     
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    Your family laughed when you said you were going to be a comedian, they're not laughing now....:loko2gaydude:
     
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    Everybody is going way off course because they can't answer the simple question....

    Would Mike Tyson have been a somebody had he not trained his ass off under the tutelage of Cus D'Amato?????
     
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    You and McVey are both right. Rocky was great because of a combination of raw talent, and great work ethic.
     
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    The same as virtually every great fighter then.
     
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    Opened a Christmas cracker a couple of months early did you?
     
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    No I ate a joke book, maybe your diet needs altering because your jokes are **** poor...
     
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    Gotta say, your pot, kettle, black joke about psychological projection was actually funny. I can't call it witty though, because that would suggest you knew why it was humorous when you wrote it. Okay, I'll leave it at that today but tomorrow we will tackle your anger management. Baby steps Wass, baby steps...
     
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    It wasn't about your projectile vomit project, it was aimed at your mocking of my "bad joke." You wouldn't make it as a stand-up comedian now would you flower....
     
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    I can't think of an example right now where this is not the case.

    Although Marciano's training regiment was uniquely grueling.
     
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    I've no doubt it wasn't gruelling but I'm sure he would have been a known fighter if he just trained his ass off like other greats.