Rocky Marciano unbeatable?

I think that if a fighter could lure him into throwing those hard combinations, it is possible to empty his tank and try to win with jabs in the early and mid rounds, and then when he tires, try to brawl him to catch the judges attention in the late rounds. Marciano did like to let his hands go a lot, so it's possible that forcing him to do that even more frequently would tire him out. Boxing at range with jabs is definitely the way to go.

Someone like Lennox Lewis would make sense. He fought a lot of brawlers throughout his career, and he's an intelligent boxer with a good chin. He has decent movement, and he'd be able to tempt rocky into throwing those combinations. Or even Tyson Fury, although he would have to be more careful, because his chin is a tad suspect. Tyson and Lennox are adaptable, and they are good in multiple situations so they'd be perfect at trying to beat marciano. So yeah I think an intelligent boxer from the more recent eras would cause problems for marciano I think.

 

Ah, in that case...How about Usyk. He is smart, tough, has good movement, a good chin. I think he'd be able to use his ring IQ to force marciano into emptying his tank.

 

I don't think anyone is unbeatable.
Although we don't have footage ourselves, all indications are that Lowry gave him a hell of a fight, and almost did the trick.

I would probably favor him over just bout every fighter under 200 I can think of, but there are so many good fighters historically, someone has to have had just the right style to win.

 

I would pick the Johnson who beat Burns,and the Dempsey who beat Willard,to beat Rocky but not with any overwhelming degree of confidence.I would also give Langford perhaps a 50/50 chance, Tunney I would give a 40/60 chance.

 

I favour Dempsey by a cats pube.

 

I'd give Charles a better chance if he were the 48/52 version and Walcott a better chance if he were perhaps the 45/50 version .

 

I would say that Marciano more outlasted Walcott than figured him out. While Walcotts pins were still functional he did well to absorb the heaviest stuff Marciano delivered. Youth was the victor that night.

 

So you're saying he should be favored over every fighter?
Okay, that is far more plausible.

I favor Jack Johnson over Rocky Marciano.
Dempsey vs. Rocky extremely difficult to call. I think I'd favor Dempsey.

But I have no issue with the respectable opinion that he should be favored over all of them.

 

Nobody is unbeatable.

Any fighter who looks unbeatable at the highest level, is performing a bit of a conjuring trick!

 

Sure he was beatable everyone is. I would put money on him to win against everyone under 200 pounds though.
I would put less money on him beating the ATGs over 200 but he would still be worth a punt IMO