You forget, that Walcott was a boxing master, who could crack with either hand from every angle, he hit Marciano with a picture- perfect shot, and Marciano wasn´t even on his back, he got up and beat Jersey Joe... Tua´s only real dangerous weapon is his left hook, who isn´t that fast and who´s pretty predictable...
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I think that that's right, yeah, allthought the photo of the KO is also pretty nice. The orignal point still stands though - Rocky did indeed have a monstrous high gear that could be called upon in times of trouble. No-one is immune to that type of violence.
Tua can hit but he also struggled with fighters that have been ko'd by others and taken the distance, Krishna Wainwright, Lester Jackson,Everton Davis,Robert Hawkins,Sean Hart, and won SD over Cisse Salif and Jeff Wooden, so his power was not always evident, he scored good ko's over Rahman(then drew and was floored) and RUiz and Maskaev but his power does not always show up because all these men have been stopped and floored
This fight is the end of David Tua, a fighter who realistically accomplished **** all during his career. He only beat Rahman by hitting him after the bell, his supposed best win. Marciano is the better two-handed puncher, with a far better workrate and a better idea of how to get inside opponents and actually make use of his power - Tua was kept at bay by Rahmans jab in their "draw" with absolutely no clue how to get in position to land his left-hook. Obviously he won't have this problem with Marciano, who will welcome his onslaught, but my point is that he's an abysmal ring general, Marciano always managed to get his shots on target. Marciano is underrated in every respect, his defense is much better than given credit for, as is his chin. I'd give Tua the edge in chin, but I fancy Marciano to land a lot more punches, from a lot more angles, and demolish Tua over the space of ten or so rounds.
You don't seem to understand this site mate. It is a melting pot of opinions. People bounce ideas off each other. Some of the posters who have had views furthest from mine have been the ones that I have got most out of. If you come on this site wanting to convert everybody to your own view point you won't get much out of it.