Could Marciano make 168lbs if he turned pro today?

Froch no (I think), but he isn't a big drainer either.
But he may have a frame to carry as much weight as Rocky.

But a guy like Chad Dawson.

Chad Dawson was 202 against George Blades.
185 against Ward. (badly drained though)


Marciano has weighed in below 180 a few times.
And was 180 for Carmine Vingo.

185 to 168 is too much for most and would likely leave Rocky drained too.

But from 178 or 180 to a dehydrated 168.
That's not far fetched.

I know there are lightheavies who are bigger than Rocky.

Would it be that hard to find a SMW roughly the size of Marciano, even if it's just the Rocky who weighed in sub 180/180.

 

It's definitely thought provoking.

My mind isn't really allowing it to seem real though.

Carl Froch bigger than Rocky Marciano?

Have all our fantasy matches been so off point?

Froch v Marciano
Ward v Dempsey
Gonzalez v Arguello
Khan v Hagler

Is that what we should have been debating all this time?

 

Archie Moore weighed in for the fight against Marciano a quarter pound lighter. He had a longer reach and bigger biceps. His chest was a half inch smaller. The only major difference was waist size. Are we going to argue that Moore and Marciano are the same size?

 

Not if they weighed in several hours before.
If they weigh in the morning they can be rehydrate a lot heavier by the evening.

 

Yeah, I could forsee a Chris Byrd type of disaster...when he came in at a lower weight and got ko'ed.
This is all science fiction type stuff when you're referring to Marciano...he was a creature of his own era,...the 50's and the training methods therein, very much...in a very specific way, ...Rocky just wouldn't be Rocky in any other time or era, as opposed to many other fighters who you might find plausible in this thread's scenario.

 

Byrd was almost 38 when he went down 35 pounds. He had been above 210 pounds for more than a decade.

In McGrains scenario with the 178 pound younger Rocky going down to 168 it's just 10 pounds, and a much younger guy.

Rocky to 175 would be a 3-10 pound drop depending.

That's not really comparable to Byrd is it?

 

Lighter actually, but he's a dedicated guy who's in shape the whole year round.

[url]http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/08/froch-ward-carl-starting-training-camp-at-175-lbs-for-super-six-finals/[/url]

 

That's very fair.

 

I just don't know anything any more.

 

How much does Golovkin gain after his weigh in? About ten pounds or so?

Does that mean he's the same size as a pre title Floyd Patterson?