Could ANYONE Have Outboxed Marciano?

Jack Johnson had the boxing ability to move around & outbox Marciano plus the power to keep Marciano at bay. This one , two combination would seem like the best bet for success against Marciano.

 

In what fights did you see Johnson demonstrating the ability to move around and outbox his opponent from the outside? Nearly everytime he fell in a clinch.

It sounds to me like people imagine Johnson to be a master boxer who used his size and keeps a distance, based on reports. But films shows quite the contrary.
I'm not convinced he's got the power to keep Rocky away from him, either.

 

Why do you assume a really big puncher would've done the job?

But yes, I'm sure Marciano could have been outboxed. Walcott wasn't too terribly far off in their first fight, afterall. Surely, say, Ali or Johnson or Holmes would at least have respectable chances at building up a lead and holding onto it for the full route.

 

I wouldn't compare Foreman and Marciano by a longshot. George was much bigger and IMO fought way differently.

 

A heavyweight Jones wouldn't have the speedy reflexes. Marciano would dig in and land punishing shots to the body then move in for the kill in the later rounds. And Marciano hits a heck of a lot harder than Glen Johnson!

 

Corbett was dropped and stopped by a body shot from a middleweight,abeit a hard hitting one ,what do you think Rockys punches would do to him?

 

Sullivan was OLD, been wore out for getting drunk, and had not fought in years. I would hardly use this fight to determind Corbett's toughtness. But most reports, it would seem Sullivan hardly landed anything worth wild.