Any resume can be picked apart. Every fighter can be over or underrated.

It's easy to do. Don't believe me, try me. My point? We all need to understand that no matter how much we know about boxing, this forum is generally about out OPINIONS. Opinions and facts are different... in case some of you didn't know that.

Example:

Rocky Marciano-

He went 49-0 (43) overall and 7-0 (6) in HW World Title fights. He went 6-0 (5) vs. Hall of Famers. He beat every HW Champ from 1937-1952 (Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles x2, and Jersey Joe Walcott x2). He also beat LHW Champ, HW top contender, and Hall of Famer Archie Moore. He was down only twice in 49 pro fights and in both fights he stopped his opponent. He is the only HW Champ who retired without a loss (and stayed retired and undefeated). He is the only HW Champ who reached the 49-0 mark. He is 1 of only 3 Lineal HW Champs who were never stopped (Tunney and Bowe are the others). Most of Tunney's fights were at LHW and Bowe only fought a few decent fighters.

or I could say this-

He went just 9-4 before turning pro. He went 49-0 (43) as a pro but prior to winning the HW title he fought very few decent fighters. He should have lost to Roland LaStarza. He beat a totally washed up Joe Louis in Louis' last pro fight. He won the title vs. an almost 40 year old Walcott and went life and death with him in their first fight (Walcott also dropped him). He went life and death with a washed up Charles twice (their first fight was a close decision and in the rematch Marciano was almost stopped due to a split nose). He beat an old Moore but was knocked down in the fight. He was under 6' tall, under 190 Lbs. at his best, and his reach was under 70". He was dropped by former LHWs x2 and nearly stopped by a former MW.

I could go on, but you get the point I hope.

Proceed

 

I feel ya. I once wrote a paper on why marijuana should be legal... got an A. Then I wrote one for another class on why it shouldnt be... and got an A. Most of us know plenty about boxing... its about who can tell the best story most of the time.

 

...a comeback could be something like this-

Marciano fought the best fighters of his day. Some felt he lost to LaStarza but the fight was close and a case could be made either way. LaStarza was actually the favored fighter. Marciano stopped LaStarza in their rematch. He improved after the first fight vs. LaStarza.

Louis was past prime but well prepared, he had won his last 8 bouts (3 by KO) including clear wins over C. Brion x2, F. Beshore KO4, O. Agramonte x2, L. Savold KO6, and Hall of Famer Jimmy Bivins. Marciano was never in trouble vs. Louis. He controlled the fight and stopped Louis in the 8th.

Walcott was never better. He had been hot and cold thruout his career but he had never been better than he was the night he lost the HW title to Marciano. He had gone 2-2 (1) vs. Charles, he lost 2 to Louis but most felt he deserved the win in their first fight and he gave Louis a tough fight in their rematch before being stopped. He had Louis down in both fights. He had stopped Harold Johnson in the 3rd round. As for their rematch? Hard to tell how good Walcott was because he didn't make it past the 1st round.

Charles was past prime but still very good. A case can be made that Charles should have won his last 18 fights. In reality he had gone 14-4 (9) in his last 18. The losses were his 4th fight vs. Walcott, his 2nd fight with Rex Layne (he went 2-1 (1) vs. Layne lifetime), vs. Nino Valdes, and Harold Johnson. During this stretch he beat Rex Layne x2, Joey Maxim, Bernie Reynolds, Cesar Brion, and Jimmy Bivins among others. Charles was well prepared vs. Marciano and really rose to the occasion. Marciano stopped Charles in the 8th round of their rematch.

Moore was as good as ever vs. Marciano. A case could be made that Moore had not lost in his last 62 fights. In reality he had gone 57-4-1. 2 of the losses were by DQ, the other 2 were close and questionable, 1 was vs. Harold Johnson who he owned lifetime and would beat 2 more time (once by KO) prior to facing Marciano. He won 11 fights in a row between his fights with Marciano and Patterson, 8 by KO. Sure, he dropped Marciano... but Marciano got right up whipped his ass for most of the fight (dropping him 5 times) and stopped him in the 9th.

 

He also beat Don C0ckell KO9, Roland LaStarza W10 and KO11, Harry Matthews KO2, Bernie Reynolds KO3, Lee Savold KO6, Freddie Beshore KO4, and Rex Layne KO6 among others.