[CLIP] Rocky Marciano's Systematic Breakdown of Ezzard Charles in Round 4

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  1. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Marciano brilliantly breaks down Ezzard Charles in round 4 of their rematch bout.
    For an entire round, he lands hard thudding jabs and power shots on Charles, while avoiding most of Ezzards attacks.

    He completely nullifies him with head movement, parrying, feinting, slipping, volume punching, distance control, angle maneuvering, alertness, and of course with his other worldly pace.

    It's beautiful brutality...
     
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  2. Hannibal Barca

    Hannibal Barca Active Member Full Member

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    To me Charles looks like he's not the same fighter from the first fight. Like Arguello or Meldrick Taylor in their ballyhooed rematches who left pieces of themselves in the ring against Pryor and Chavez, Charles was finished after that brutal beating in the first Marciano fight.
     
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  3. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Marcianos skills were magnificent here.
     
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  4. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd agree with that, the starch was gone
     
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  5. mcvey

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    Charles was ruined in their first fight
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  7. Fergy

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    Charles was just way to brave for his own good in the first fight. The punishment he took from rock with out going down! Marciano was just going to keep banging away at Charles and would have for another ten rounds if needed be whilst ezz would have carried on soaking it up. And it's not as if Charles was in his prime, so the body can't take it like it used to. So come the rematch it's just a matter of time before Rock smashes the resistance out of him. But I salute Ezzard Charles for giving it every thing in the rematch, he came close with the injuries to marciano , but he was facing a machine in there.
     
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