So why ask? Let it be.
And I'd take a 220 pound version of Marciano over Sonny ...
If you had to guess ?
I am a big fan of Rocky but to me it's not just the size of the opponents , it was their age, their mileage when he fought them plus what he...
I don't think his best win was over Patterson as he was devastating cleaning out the division including crushing guys D'Amato would not let Floyd...
That too .. at the end of 55 Liston was no presence ..
Rocky got out before Sonny was a force by a few years .. I read he was far more aware of Patterson with his speed as a threat down the road before...
I'm fairly certain that is the starting point for the thread ... could Corbett run like he did in 1891 till Foreman was exhausted ... for starters...
I think he beats him nine out of ten but sure as hell didn't step up that night ...
Not sure how much I agree w with all of it but it is a well thought out and expressed post for sure.
That KO remains brutal no matter how many times viewed.
Ali had Bingham write in The Greatest that he knew after the first round Foreman was trained to cut the ring off too well and that he'd never be...
I used to think it was an absolute draw but now a slight edge to Hearns is fine with me ... still, he was on the way out and saved by the bell or...
No doubt he was strong at cutting off the ring ... it was the reason Ali fought him off the ropes as his plan B but he was a rank amateur when it...
There is a reality to this putting aside all the drama ... Foreman was an exceptionally strong guy, big two handed power but styles make fights,...
