Rocky Marciano v Sam Peter

Yes but you sometimes get a fighter who is a devastating puncher when he hits guys much bigger than himself, and the most outstanding examples seem to occur around Marciano's weight.

Any heavyweight who gets hit too often by Sam Langford, or Jack Dempsey, or Bob Satterfield, is going to be in serious trouble.

 

Just gonna say again: Marciano was dropped by Walcott and Moore. What's gonna happen when Peter hits him?

 

The way I see it is this:

I can't think of any McCline sized fighter, who is not at least an above average heavyweight puncher, when he sits down on his shots.

I am equally certain however, that the worst of them do not hit as hard as the Herbie Hydes of the division.

 

Probably nothing!

An pounce of delivery, is worth a pound of power.

 

If Peter landed, Marciano would be knocked out. He hits MUCH harder than Walcott or Moore.

 

A. Not necessarily true.

B. Possibly irrelevant.

 

If Marciano closes the distance relatively unscathed (a likelihood), he wins. Peter is dangerous if you hang out, slack-jawed, at the right distance.

 

Um, yes it is.

Peter is bigger, and while his power wasn't proven against top competition, he still knocked out bigger guys than Marciano did. You think Marciano would have an 88% KO ratio against today's HWs?

 

This is what I've been saying. Of course Marciano is going to get hurt if he gets hit by someone who outweighs him by 60 lbs. It's like these people don't understand basic physics.

 

"After the LaStarza fight Marciano's handlers were afraid to put him in with anyone who could fight. His next opponent was Eldridge Eatman who had lost 8 of his last 9 fights. Tiger Ted Lowry who had a career record of 60-54-9, went the distance with Marciano. Others such as Harold (Kid) Mitchell, Art Henri, and Willis Red Applegate all had losing records. It is little wonder that Rex Layne was a 9-5 favorite over Marciano when Rocky finally stepped up in competition. It should be noted that Layne was no world beater, like most of Marciano's top opponents Layne weighed well under 200 pounds and he finished with a career record of 50-17-3." Monte Coxx Boxing historian

 

I would bet money that Peter would beat all of those guys easier than Marciano did.