David Tua vs Rocky Marciano

Possibly...but Louis also had better skills than fighters like fres oquendo, hasim rahman, oleg maskaev who all took tua many rounds while giving him a boxing lesson. If Louis stayed on the outside, jabbed, and boxed tua(which is very likely)..he could outpoint tua. Louis still had a very good jab in his late 30s. 1947 Joe Louis? Tua would get knocked out. Louis was a big guy then, and his firepower was still lethal in both fists. Prime 1935 Joe Louis? Tua gets iced early.

 

He is certainly not elite level.

This isn't the debate, noone in their right minds counts tua as elite.

The debate is pretty much "assuming they both stand and trade, who is the last man standing"

Personally I pick rocky, out of ten tua might get lucky a couple of times but rocky would have to be favoured.

 

TOTALY AGREE. :good tua has no business being mentioned in the same sentance as joe louis and rocky marciano.

People forget that however washed up joe louis was from the prowess he had way back in his peak the guy WAS STILL cleaning out the division as it stood in 1950.

Old joe Louis was higher in the ratings than marciano and the man to beat to get to the title. HAD louis retirted after beating bivins - a great fighter - people would call rocky a bum for avoiding LOUIS. Bivins was billed as the interim heavyweight champion during the war!

Its not likie louis was where ali was when holmes fought ali. Louis was not what he was but earned his rating at that time by beating rated fighters. who in the hell did ali beat to fight holmes? or who did holmes beat to fight tyson?

OLEG MASKIEV? fres oquendo? give me a break! neither would get past savold.

 

If Tua was in the same condition as the 50s fighters, he would only be a 200-210 lb.

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The Louis of the Marciano fight would have outboxed Tua to a decision.

 

I think so. Especially in a ten round fight. Tua does have a live punchers chance though. Louis would really bust up tua with his telephone pole left jab.

 

And his blazing speed and tremendous punching power .. don't forget that before you wake up !

 

Louis doesn't need his blazing speed and punching power to beat Tua...He can do it with his Jab and boxing skills alone :good. Perhaps you should splash some water in your face and realize Tua was easily outboxed by average fighters.

 

seriously guys it is funny really funny when you read on this forum **** like " marciano did beat more ranked contenders, marciano was greater blablabla" and tons of **** like that. i dont care a complete **** if rocky did beat jesucristo or god. the fact is that h2h tua simply kills him, it is not even close. idiots on here keep mentioning crys byrd or lennox lewis. yes because marciano was a cute boxer, very fast with long reach a great stylist. lmao tua by ko in 40 seconds after of this "fight" his trainer advises him go down to his natural weight class the lhw because he would be small even in the cruiser division.

 

i hope that this ****ing troll idiot get banned soon

 

:rofl this idiot does not even know that louis did start his prime from 1937 ownward

 

i agree with you but you are being nice with rocky giving him 2 rounds

 

the description of tua? lol he was just 45 pounds thicker and heavier thn rocky. he was around 226-230 pounds in 5´10 of height. ( AND NOT IT WAS NOT FAT, HIS FRAME WAS MILES WIDER THAN ROCKY´S. MARCIANO WAS A FAT AT 200 AND TUA WAS SLIM WITH NO MASS AT 201.)yes he was very small. pathetic idiot

 

put tua in the era of marciano with lhws and cruisers or big bums and he goes to the jail accused of serial murder

 

and now we have the stupid troll again with fantasies trying to make a smaller version of tua to give rocky any chance,. tua was 201 at 19 years old and he looked very slim, marciano was a pig at 195(in the computer fight weighed 195).tua looked much faster at 226 than rocky ever was at 185. if it was not his natural weight he never could have carried that weight during 12 rounds and being that fast and explosive.get out of here re****