A few Rocky Marciano stories

Meanwhile, in the real world.:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::nut

 

Hahaha, classic stuff. Old fires are never fully extinguished in some.

 

Good stuff. I do think Rocky at 40-ish and @ nine years from his last fight, is probably fortunate it did not go through.

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Rocky had a famous incident with Ali while they were filming rounds for the " Super fight " .

At one point the playful Ali knocked Marciano's toupee off. Rocky warned Ali not to do that again. Ali did, then Marciano ripped a hard body shot to Ali's midsection.

Needless to say, it never happened again.

 

Yup...True story...

 

A prime, conditioned Liston would kill a bloated, old Marciano. He would tear him apart in every way, shape and form.

Sonny was being smart to not take up Marciano on his offer and thereby incurring further wrath from the white press for destroying their hero.

 

Just goes to show that Marciano was fearless when it came to fighting and had true heart.

 

It is OK to be sceptical, but you have to take it seriously, if it is backed by a contemporary source.

You can’t dismiss if because it doesn’t fit your world view.

 

Still as dumb as ever, nobody said or thought he had a chance with a prime in condition Liston, only you in your mean spirited ways come up with stupidity. As I recalled there was no bad race implications with Liston, so why bring race into this?

 

Was not the press dominated by whites and attempting to appeal to whites? Did not the press make out Liston to be some boogey man since the days when he dethroned Patterson?

So, the least we can say of you is that you recall incorrectly.

 

I seem to remember Patterson being black.

Perhaps the issue with Liston was that he was a mafia thug?

Even so, he press were actually taking a liking to Liston, before he lost the title!

 

I didn't take you for being so dense but then again, the US ain't your country.

Once the inevitability of an African American sport was realized, white society had to choose between good, white-appeasing Blacks and hardened "incorrigible" Blacks.... and if the fighters didn't exactly fit these roles on their own the press made sure they did.

 

Yes, even now Matt Damon is playing a Chinese man. It never ends..