BoneCrusher v Rocky?

I remember Tyson being off balance and falling backwards, Smith looked more shocked than anything but it wasn't a Kd. The ref saw it for what it was, I seem to remember and called it for what was.
I'm just surprised there weren't more shove down s, off balance falls in this match up, especially when Smith was constantly grabbing and dancing with Tyson!

 

Exactly.

 

i love these "atg heavyweight champ but hes from the past so its enough of a handicap vs contender" threads

Marciano late stoppage

 

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I didn't catch it the first time I watched it, but go to 1:45 and slow down the video to 0.5 speed. Smith DOES connect with a weird awkward right hand that moves Tyson's jaw before be goes down. He wasn't hurt and it did have to do with Tyson being off balance, but it was a knock down since Smith landed a punch and Tyson hit the canvas in a split second.

 

Interesting. I think if fought over 12 rounds yes, I believe he has a good chance of going the distance but over 15 Rocky would have a good chance at stopping him.

 

James “ Bonecrusher “ Smith might be a good fighter to keep Rocky away from.

 

So again we see the superiority of amazing Bonecrusher Smith over Carnera, Buddy Baer and Jess Willard - all of whom were more accomplished and better fighters.

 

Agreed. Smith went the distance with Tyson. How could he even dream to last anywhere near as long as Don Cockell?

 

One thing people aren't mentioning here is that Marciano was a much better inside fighter than Tyson. He wouldn't be content with being tied up all night as Tyson was. Unlike Mike, Marciano would force Smith to fight his fight, at a pace he'd never seen before. Marciano wears him down for a late KO.

 

You could go either way on that.. I would say no not a knockdown because it was Mike off balance, but had they called it one no one could argue really since the punch pushed him down. But in reality it was not from a landing punch rocking him and putting him down. Sort of like Hearns vs. Benitez in 1982 when Tommy sort of tilted to the ground with a left hook from Wilfred.

 

Carnera gave everyone decent fight. I know that you dislike Carnera, but he's decent fighter and better boxer than Smith. Maybe Smith could stop him because he's powerful, but he's also slower and smaller than Carnera.