Was Marciano slow?

And you think the footage of the Lastarza and Savold fights supports your opinion? Strange that the ringside reporters disagreed so diametrically with you.

 

He's wound pretty tight on this one, has the blinkers on!!!

 

I have never seen Dempsey miss that many punches , nor Frazier or Tyson . Time for my bed! See you later Rez.

 

Marciano was slow and crude. But he kept throwing when he missed and was very strong and powerful for his size. Basically a relentless meatgrinder. Not a great jabber or counterpuncher.

 

Dempsey may look more pleasing to the eyes but it helps when he is in the ring vs the most uncoordinated clumsiest heavyweight champion of all time and unskilled oafs like Firpo.
The only two skilled boxers by normal standards whom Dempsey fought were sharkey and Tunney, and both made Dempsey look foolish most of the time.

Charles Walcott and Moore made Marciano look crude at times, but these men were master boxers. There skills were far beyond anyone Dempsey beat. Most of the fighters Dempsey fought couldn't shine the shoes of a Archie Moore or Walcott when it came to boxing technique.

 

I really doubt it but who knows? BTW, what heavyweights today routinely get described as fast?

 

For sure Rez, was lightening things up a little.

 

Marciano had to travel a longer distance to find his range and he wasn't blessed with great balance or either compact speed or rapidity of punching. That equals being slow to the target.