"Ali-Marciano" '69 comp. fight...

The same Williams that had a glass chin??

I think one good right hand, and Marciano would have knock Williams out, pretty much how Rocky took Rex Layne out.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PQGMEVJbYY



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XKcGRREcaM

 

The different in these matchups was that Ali was much larger than Marciano while LaMotta was shorter but much heavier than Robinson.

I understand the points made about Rocky's toughness but Frazier did fight much bigger men. Let's keep it in mind.

 

Good Lord! You are SERIOUSLY underestimating Marciano...in my opinion. Have you ever seen the man fight? Nobody who ever lived is chasing him out of any boxing ring! He would be a hard fight for ANY of them!

 

Or Ali could get a broken Jaw like he did in the fight with Norton or hurt late in the fight like he did in the 11th vs Frazier and dropped in the 15th or Rocked and dropped like he was against Cooper, only Marciano was a better finisher and had 2 handed Power....Speculation is nice as long as you know it is just that.

 

What you been smokin boy.....Ali chase Marciano out of the ring, I think not......

 

I think he said that Frazier, and not Ali, would chase Marciano right out of the ring.

 

Yes, Ali had some trouble with Chuvalo, but less than Marciano had with an old Ezzard Charles. Yes, Frazier was a fiercly tough opponent for a post-prime Ali, but Walcott and Moore gave Rocky trouble when they were close to 40.

But I don't think Marciano would have been an easy opponent for Ali at any point. Tough, entertaining fight.

 

I dont think old Archie gave Marciano that much trouble.
It was a pretty one sided beating.


Some one must of forgot when Ali walk in the ring and had his way with Williams.

Williams was not one of the best chin fighters.

 

Well, he managed to floor him. That's always something.

 

I actually sat directly behind Muhammad Ali during the showing of this fight on the big screen in the old Stanley Theater in Philadelphia, chatted with him throughout the show...most of the talk was initiated by him. All I did was say "Hi, Champ" at the beginning. He mostly carried it from there. He kept turning and making comments to me and the guy sitting next to me. He was a riot! Nice guy! Very friendly! Fun talking with him! Great memory! :good

 

Frazier might have been heavier than Marciano but I don't think that he was physicaly stronger and I don't think that he hit harder or had a better chin.

He was faster and perhaps better suited to fighting Ali stylisticaly.

I think that Marciano's era had more quality heavyweights than the early 60s during Ali's title reign before he was stripped. I also think that there was more depth than when Sonny Liston was coming up through the ranks.