Floyd Patterson was the exact same size as Marciano and he was champ after Marciano as well. The average heavyweight in Marciano's era was the...
Weight stops mattering the higher it goes. This has been proven time and time again in boxing
Marciano is the platinum standard for infighting anyone
Marciano UD via workrate and inside fighting. Marciano's chin has always been comparable to Holyfield's imo. Holyfield fought the bigger punchers...
To be fair, Ketchel would have thrice the workrate of Hopkins. Hopkins was too defensive minded in their fight Ketchel's triple shift could throw...
I'd hope so
Pretty simple enough, Ketchel walked around and fought Johnson at 170 so it shouldn't be too tough for him. 20 rounds, no neutral corner rule,...
I agree that the importance of strength is overvalued in boxing, but in this fight specifically there'd be more grappling than usual so it comes...
Exaggeration, obviously Marciano was strong though, so was Johnson. Top percentage of strength in boxing methinks
Walcott probably, McVea has stronger legs though. Coley Wallace but that was amateurs
How do you figure? They were comparable in size and Marciano has a more athletic background. His inhuman strength has been commented on by his...
Oh I'm not saying Johnson wasn't freakishly strong, I'm just saying Marciano is moreso Don't rule out Marciano headbutting him or blasting him...
Marciano has more stamina and is physically stronger than Johnson. Johnson would find he can't take a bull by the horns
The more rounds the LESS I'd favor him over Marciano, actually Then again I don't think Johnson is capable of beating Louis or Marciano under...
I'd loosely take Norton, but perhaps Tunney