Bigger Puncher Johansson or Marciano?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    That's true and the reason is most of them took a sustained beating over several rounds.Being banged out early with one shot doesn't leave the legacy of damage that a grinding beat down does.
     
  2. mr. magoo

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    While there is no accurate way to measure a man's power I'm thinking Marciano was the more powerful of the two. He holds the highest KO percentage of any heavyweight champion and demonstrated his punching ability in a larger number of fights against a longer list of quality opponents. The other thing is that I believe Marciano hit hard in BOTH hands where as Ingo carried most of his sting in his right.
     
  3. tommytheduke

    tommytheduke Active Member Full Member

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    I just can't see Johansson breaking Lastarza's arms.
     
  4. mcvey

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    Neither did Marciano.
    Ingo was a one pot shot power guy.

    Marciano was a relentless bruiser who had two good hands, his punching was never that accurate he hit you anywhere he could.
    Ingo used to train by having a sock filled with sand thrown at him from different directions,he was accurate with his Bingo.
     
  5. SuzieQ49

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    Marcianos right hand was called the Suzy Q because he knocked men out with one punch

    Who did Johannson ever knockout with 1 punch? Certainly not Patterson or Machen

    Who did Johansson knock out with one punch as good as Walcott?
     
  6. SuzieQ49

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    roxky used to hit a 300lb bag. Much more effective for his Suzy Q than ingos bingo
     
  7. mcvey

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    Ingo's Bingo was called that because he knocked guys out with it so what does that mean? In case you haven't grasped it I picked Marciano. You probably didn't notice because you were too busy charging pell-mell to Rocky's defence yet again!

    ps I don't think Ingo knocked anyone out as old as Walcott.:-(
     
  8. Big Red

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    Your right that Marciano punched with a lot of Volume, but to say that Marciano did not have at least some of the greatest one puch power is turning a blind eye for some reason. Nobody has ever knocked out every fighter and every power pucher at times has needed to land a lot of puches to get his man out of there if at all. Can you name one power pucher who did not struggle to knock out some opponents?
     
  9. SuzieQ49

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    Did Ingo knockout anyone as good as Rex Layne with 1 punch?
     
  10. albinored

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    ....i am not a marciano and think he is highly overrated but
    ingo had nowhere the power rocky had in his right hand or left hand.

    i have nothing to add.
     
  11. Bummy Davis

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    Ingo had that one dimensional style but very powerful as he showed against the durable Machen, Ingo was a fast starter while Marciano always carried his power, if he couldn't land the bomb he would grind you. Ingo was not as good a finisher as Marciano nor did he have the whiskers. His power was very good but I think Marciano had a better variety of power shots and threw them in unpredictable rhythms and angles. Marciano also had a few one punch KO's Ingo had to hit you with a few as I recall vs Patterson and Machen
     
  12. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    ahhh Jack you old geezer any new Ezzard Charles stories for us?
     
  13. mcvey

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    How good was Rex Layne?
    Floored by Satterfield.
    Floored 3 times by nobody Willie James 11-2-1
    Carried to his corner by his seconds and stopped by Charles
    Dropped 3times and kod by Charles in another fight.
    Kod in 1 round by Earl Walls.

    I beleive this was a one punch ko?

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    Kod again by him being floored 3 times.
    Stopped twice by Hurricane Jackson.

    Floored by moderate puncher Bob Baker.
     
  14. mcvey

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    Ingo had a left hand?
     
  15. he grant

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    Rocky clearly the better two handed banger and had the punch all through the fight as he was far better conditioned .. Ingo's right looked a bit nastier as it was straight and a bit faster ... very comparable ..