Muhamed Ali vs Rocky Marciano prime for prime

And Joe was much quicker, better balanced and had a better output than Marciano.

And a trained up, old Ali beat him twice.

 

I do think marciano would have the sylistic advantage he would apply more pressure than fraizer and would actually try to knockout ali.

Ali said so himself

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" i think he ( marciano) was better than joe fraizer "

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" the toughest style is a fellow that had no style and a man who had no style was just a bull was rocky marciano he would be the most trouble i think i probably would of knocked out joe louis, some of those fellows because they were boxers they took their time , you took their time pick your shots marciano just kept coming he hurt your arms he took everything"


From seeing Marciano's fights and Alis fights


I would say i would slightly favor marciano to beat ali stylistically.

Due to marcianos heart , engine , workrate and effectiveness .


I feel if marciano felt he was losing the rounds he would up his workrate and actually try to stop ali . marciano would not give up the center at all


I feel marcianos output would decrease marcianos output as well .

Marciano never losing and always finding a win to win tells me he would beat ali


1. If hes cant stop you he outworks you
(Marciano charles 1)


2. If hes down on the score cards (Walcott -Marciano 1 ) he will push for the knockout

If marciano is hurt and cut badly he will push for the Knockout (Charles Marciano 2)


3 . he never gives up the center against the bigger man and always tries to knock you out

(Marciano-Layne )

 

So how do I see this going?

I think hat if they fought three times, Marciano would likely win one.

 

Same

 

I don't think Marciano's body holds up over three fights. He would retire after the second. Ali is such a different animal. A real athlete of real athletic dimensions and strength.

 

Agreed

I can see marciano edging ali in a decision one fight


The other two i see Ali stopping marciano cuts

 

What about Ali's body?

Marciano also took a terrible toll on his opponents.

A war with Marciano at the wrong time, could be bad news for him!

 

Yeah, sure, the guy who withstood Liston, Frazier, Norton, Foreman, Shavers and Lyle is gonna breakdown after a Marciano fight that he likely wins in 8 or 9 rounds.

 

A fifteen round war with Marciano, might take more out of him than any of those!

I think that the third Frazier fight especially, contributed to his physical decline!

 

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