Walcott v Marciano 1 Ages Reversed

No disrespect to Marciano but I think he loses this. Rock would have aged worse than Walcott , swarmers tend to do that. So if a past prime Walcott gave rock hell in the first fight, then a younger, well trained one beats him. It would still be a brawling exciting fight but marciano would always be behind on the cards. And he just isn't able to land that one punch to put jersey out. So I see it as Walcott w 15 marciano.

 

Walcott could very well KO him with this specs of the thread.

 

I got JJW

 

(tongue in cheek) OK! Now we're talking what I always talk about and often get slammed for. Eras differences! It's so hard to do a thread on fighters in their prime, often with decades of difference.

 

I'm picking JJW, but I'm also considering that JJW seemed to improve in his 30s. Rocky, though, would be an old man as far as boxing goes. His type of style accelerated athletic aging, every fight being a slugfest and usually an endurance contest. Marciano was already having back problems. It was good that he got out when he did.

 

The hypothetical demands that Rocky foolishly ignore the symptoms which convinced him to retire after the Moore fight.

According to his own words the symptoms were:

1. Back problems
2. Opponent punches were starting to seriously interfere with his attacking ability.
3. Training had become a very unpleasant chore.

He conjectured that MAYBE he had one or two more fights left in that condition. He also expressed deep concern about the possibility of embarrassing his family and his ethnic group if he insisted on forcing himself to go against his better judgment.

Based on his own words we must then logically assume that a Rocky of Wallcott's age would not have Walcott's health at that age and must therefore lose to a far younger Wallcott. We must also conclude that at Walcott's age he would no longer be unbeaten and would have had losses on his record.

 

This, and Fergy is being kind to Marciano.

Rocky didn't mind taking two to land one, and relied heavily on his fanatical training regimen and physical conditioning to power his way through bouts. Can you imagine another ten years of that when his body was starting to creak at the end of his career already?

Marciano gave it his all and one can simply not keep the dials in the red and carry on as if nothing was going to break.

The fighters that age well are the clever boxers with an aptitude for fitness and for defence. Guys like Moore, Walcott, Hopkins, Wlad. The sluggers, not so much.

 

This all said, how about a "What if Marciano had had a decent amateur career and training, instead of being thrown in the deep end?" thread. I see a definite improvement in Marciano's late career skills as opposed to his early stuff. He'd built up a useful style and had a few tricks up his sleeve by then. What if he'd started out as a pro in that condition?

 

Marciano's style wouldnt have aged him well. Prime Walcott would have outpointed a Marciano aged 35 or above.

 

Things got a bit stiffer after that Maybe I'm used to the modern era where you have champs fighting bums in their 38th fight, I dunno.

 

Your numbering system seems different to the one that I am used to