Contemporary evaluations of Rocky Marciano

Damn ****ing right. That better be bull****

 

Your post below.
Ali said on many occasions that Marciano was the only past champion whom could defeat him, that, in a sense, implies that he regards Marciano as the #2 heavyweight champ.

 

Remember saying this BS ?
"Ali, Frazier and Foreman all rated him as the #2, there was a special short on him where Kirk Douglas called him the greatest heavyweight champ ever"
You want a link? " The Greatest My Own Story" Muhammad Ali

 

That not what you said though is it? You get a bit carried away don't you.

 

Naah you provided jack **** you got carried away with yourself called on it and climbed down by qualifiying
your statement

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You guys are both good debaters seriously.

Providing sources and proof and all to statements .

Pretty good guys

 

The people who bring up Marciano's limitations and flaws rarely ever denigrate his overall legacy though.

The reason we argue about Marciano so much is that his most fervent fans aren't content with him being an overachiever who beat the best heavyweights of his era despite his limitations. They need to believe that he would have beaten all but less than a handful of fighters who have ever lived. So they imagine away his shortcomings and they exaggerate his strengths. And they pretend that his accomplishments against the mostly undersized and aging elites of his day establishes a presumption that he would run through skilled bigger, younger heavies whose styles and attributes pose obvious disadvantages for him.

 

Dunno about that. You'd expect him to have balance, co-ordination and speed for that.

He's tough as an ox, as hard a worker as they come, and hits like a mule, but you're exaggerating.