He lived in an era of old champs ,past their best still fighting and still having some success because it was a poor post war decade.
I didn't suggest he was shot . Everyone was more "technical," than Rocky apart from Vingo and Layne. Satterfield was a party animal with a less...
Given that he beat Charles and 2 other top ten ranked fighters in that timescale. That he was number1 in1953 ,and number one in1954 , and number...
Kovalev isn't a short puncher and he is absolute **** at fighting inside.
Maybe not on the 48/49 version of Charles?
Marciano is always given a pass for not defending against Valdes,the reason given that he lost to Moore twice. Let's look a little closer at this...
Charles had won 2 of his last 4 fights, let's not pretend he was prime..
I don't think so. There were a lot of punchers around; Weaver Shavers Cooney Coetzee Smith Bruno Witherspoon Mercado Boxer punchers Page Dokes...
Good points. What did Kovalev weigh on fight night? NB I'm not saying Ward beats Rocky,just floating the idea that it might not the one-sided...
Ward beat Kovalev at175lbs Andree is 6ft with a 71 " reach. Are we allowing him to add weight here? He could conceivably gain10/15lbs without...
I might have a few bucks on the 48/49 version of Charles to beat Rocky.
How much harder than Kovalev did Rocky hit?
Ever wondered how Marciano would do against the 48/49 versions of Walcott and Charles? The 51/52 version of Moore?
My point is that there were plenty of young ranked contenders when Marciano himself was one, and he didn't fight any of those I listed. Nobody...
If Shavers couldn't stop Holmes ,Marciano isn't turning the trick!
