Lennox Lewis vs Rocky Marciano

I’m a fan of Joshua so I can’t agree. But I will concede you’re true to your word

 

You forgot that Lewis was also in woeful shape and hadn't acclimatized, so there's that and it's well documented. Rocky isn't fighting that version of Lewis best for best not that i think it would matter.

The thought that Rocky is gong to finish the best version of Lewis with a single right hand is, quite frankly, ridiculous.

We'd have a 240+ pound monstrous punching guy with half a foot of height advantage and almost a foot and a half of reach. Both Rahman and Mr McCall were around 50 pounds heavier than The Rock and had a foot of reach on him not to mention plenty of height.

It's chalk and cheese, completely different matchups, an entirely different world. But Lewis better be careful, not Rocky.

Yeah Lewis is going to look down at Rocky and be plagued by visions of Rahman and McCall.

 

Yowzer. That’s quite critical isn’t it?

was a nice read.

 

That's exactly my point.

 

Yes it’s a good point.

 

I don’t see why not. Lewis made a big boo boo with both those guys. So Twice it happened. Lennox would be far better off not taking any chances whatsoever. He can skate to a 12 round points win like he did with Tua. …So long as Rocky doesn’t hit him on the choppers.

 

This is the most sensible thing I've read on this thread. Relying on the Rahman and McCall fights is goofy unless the question is "Lennox at his worst vs. Rocky at his best -- who wins?"

I presume the question was best-vs-best, in which case anything other than a clear Lewis victory is frankly preposterous. Sheer lunacy.

For all the "but Usyk whupped Joshua" crowd, it would not be Lewis' sheer size that would count but the fact that he USED his size. Despite being a huge man, Joshua has never fought like one.

On stubby guys Lewis used his jab like a spear out of a phalanx -- paw, paw, control the distance, BAM, paw, paw, BAM. At shorter range Rocky would need every bit of that conditioning having a man 65 lbs heavier and seven inches taller clinching and leaning on him. All things that big men use to make themselves bigger against smaller men but that Anthony Joshua never did.

I keep seeing things about Rocky's right hand that seem to forget Lewis's right hand. More importantly, Lewis at his best patiently put his man in position so that he could land his right hand with maximum effect. Position before submission. With his extreme range advantage he would be even better able to do this whereas Marciano would be limited to lunging Hail Marys all night. And you all know it.

 

One of the greatest lil troll posts i have ever seen. He can skate to a 12 round points win against a guy 185 pounds and half his dimensions.......despite being deep in the conversation for having the greatest right hand in heavyweight history which he threw both under and over. A guy who was plenty comfortable punching down with the right hand.

That was quality chok.

 

You don’t think Marciano was as deadly as Tua?

Thems the tactics Lewis opted to use for a similar dimensioned (albeit far heavier) foe.

 

A obvious mismatch for anybody who seen both of these men plus rock was a lhw his body wouldn't be able to take any shots from a man who hit that hard and with great tech

 

Big Rocky fan here.

I think he's often underrated, especially his defence and overall movement .

That said, I would give him very little chance again Lennoxx.

Altogether too good, too big, too much reach.


(Still, I have come to think that Rocky AJ is a 50-50 )

 

Chalk and cheese.

 

I jumped the shark on these Marciano threads about 5 years ago.

 

of all your great points, this to me is the most interesting and powerful.

In my opinion, the post steroid, post sports science era is responsible for a Superheavyweight division.

And I would happily see all champions of this era eliminated from cross era comparisons on the grounds they are Super-heavyweights…and not real heavyweights anymore.