Expert opinions on Marciano VS Liston

They act like he had a 84 inch reach and far bigger biceps than Marciano.

 

Qawi had a 71 inch reach, Tua 70 inches, Tyson 71, Frazier 73.5 and Toney 72, Tyson was the only fighter out of those to fight an opponent with Liston`s reach, one was Douglas and the other was Williams, he destroyed Williams but it was certainly Buster`s reach that twarted Tyson, Dougla was not even an elite fighter.

 

I guess the point of small man can beat big man was lost upon you.

 

He made his career beating up a division of 50s "cruiserweights," just like Marciano did. Rocky's last title challenger was still a contender the year Liston won the title. This isn't Marciano / Lewis.

 

A small man like Tyson weighing 220lbs?

 

Same reach as Lewis.

 

He's an inch shorter than Joe Louis, and only a few pounds heavier than Joe Louis. Nevertheless, Liston still manages to be slower than Wlad, Lewis, Fury, or Bowe despite being much lighter.

Freakish reach doesn't make a guy Lennox.

 

He was such a revelation for the division that the blueprint for short, slow, stubby, off balance fighters was set for generations to come. Promoters and managers have been searching for this archetype in every canoli shop and pizzeria since.

 

Weight wasn’t the argument it was reach. And yes Tyson was small compared to some of the men he fought. The era more determined the weight of said fighter as Marciano would prob weigh the same if he fought at Hw with steroids, weight lifting, etc. Liston wasn’t bigger then Marciano in anything he hasn’t already seen. Louis was of similar height and weight when they fought as Liston was. Marciano dealt with him in a pretty one way fight. Even if Louis was old the jab was his best asset and was still quicker then anything Liston threw. Marciano fought great jabbers in Louis, Moore, Walcott, Charles, Lastarza and he had no problem getting past their jabs. So no I don’t see the jab being the problem here more likely Listons inside fighting and strength and being able to match Rocky w endurance is the issue for Marciano. If Liston has tbe heart to push threw be wins this. But it will be a tough hard fight Imo. Slightly favor Liston in this one.

 

Hell of a jab though.

 

Moore and Charles were a lot smaller than Liston.

 

Sure.

 

Sonny quit against ali, the biggest weakness liston had was his heart and grit. once Marciano applied any pressure on him and make him start grinding, he would have quit in the stool like in the Ali fight. You need more than height and reach to beat rocky, he was killer with crazy work rate, in a 15 round fight, Rocky drowns liston and makes him quit. And floyd would beat Duran and Robinson.

 

You've perked my interest CT.

What sort of comments lead you to believe that?

 

Not only wrong, but not even funny.