Why the dislike for Rocky Marciano

I am watching the Marciano/Moore fight and wonder why do people dislike Marciano?

He was a honorable man who never disgraced the sport and was very humble and yet tough.

And, regardless of what you think of his opposition (I think it was at least equal to a prime Muhammad Ali opposition I mean was a 1965 Henry Cooper really better than a 1952 Jersey Joe Walcott and I think a 52 Walcott would have done better against Ali than a 64 Liston did) he still beat everyone available that mattered and that's all you can ask for.

Yes, many of the guys he fought were >200 pounds, but Marciano couldn't fight guys that didn't exist. Let's say 50 years from now boxing has a super cruiserweight division which is 200 pounds to 249 pounds and a heavyweight is 250+ pounds. Would that diminish Lennox Lewis accomplishments because most of the guys he beat were under 250 pounds. Would it be correct for anyone in 50 years to say "Lennox Lewis wasn't a real heavyweight, just a super cruiserweight" or "What real heavyweight did he beat, he just beat those tiny 230 pound super cruiserweights" or "He got knocked cold by a 220 pound fighter who wouldn't even be a heavyweight today".

Also, I think Marciano would be a tough fight for any smaller heavyweight (non super heavyweight sized heavyweight) that isn't a power puncher. Mike Tyson is the only "small" heavyweight that I'd give him little chance against.

Marciano seemed to be very respected by his peers

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So why the dislike for Rocky Marciano? Legacywise I have him high on the totem pole because he was undefeated. As I said, you can only beat the man in front of you. And as long as he or any other champion wasn't avoiding or ducking any worthy challenger and cherry picking, then he did all that he could do. Yea it would have been good if a prime Ali was born in 1932 and was around in 1954 instead of being born in 1942 and in his prime in 1964, but it wasn't meant to be.

 

I'm not saying that Marciano would beat any heavyweight ever and I think some of the modern super heavyweight sized heavyweights would be tough mountains for him to climb.

On the other hand, I've had people say that Marciano would not have a chance against any heavyweight after 1955 and on that list of "would not have a chance against" were guys like Eddie Machen, Zora Folley, Cleveland Williams and Floyd Patterson and Jerry Quarry.

Obviously, for some reason this guy had a dislike for Rocky Marciano.

 

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It's a lot of comments, should have said I read it. But it just goes to show the blind dislike for Rocky Marciano.

 

By the way, great tribute video.

 

I doubt that he would be invincible against say the likes of a young Mike Tyson or Lennox Lewis or Wladimir Klitchsko, but that doesn't mean he wasn't an ATG, especially when measured by what he accomplished in his time . And I see no reason to disrespect him or his legacy he left on the sport.

 

The fact that he didn't financially support Rogaine