floyd patterson vs rocky marciano in 1956

You do know that you're replying to a post that was made 15 years ago and the poster hasn't been seen in 7 years.

 

Floyd KO5

 

Walcott- Charles-Moore- Layne- etc. all had one thing in common- they were never the same fighter after their guiling beatings they took from Marciano - no one was ever the same- Moore was able to be competitive based on his IQ and vast experience but was never physically the same after RM beat down. Cus knew Marciano was all wrong for Floyd thus keeping him in the Lightheavys until Rocky retired.

 

One thing we know about Marciano is he loved money. A Marciano-Patterson fight would probably have been staged in New York, either in Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds, and if not a sellout it would have made huge dough for the Rock. Why did he turn his back on what probably would've been the biggest grossing fight of his career? I think he retired because he knew he had started to slip and he didn't want to spoil his perfect record. He said he was retiring so he could spend more time with his family. Rocky, don't make me laugh! Once you were retired for a little while you couldn't wait to hit the road in search of something fresh. Fighters are some of the biggest liars and in this instance you're no exception. Sure, I believe you when you say you couldn't stand Al Weill. But you loved money more than you hated Al.

 

D'Amato started calling Marciano out in January 1956 - after his last fight but before anyone knew he was going to retire. Patterson had just turned 21, he was outgrowing the light heavyweight division, and he was coming off a one-sided win over Jimmy Slade (a career light heavyweight but, at the time, ranked 5th at heavyweight on the back of his win against Tommy Jackson).

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