[GIF] Marciano KO1 Walcott with real audio

Wonderful. You can clearly hear the pop of the ko blow. Marciano trained to land that punch as his trainers noticed that Walcott was open for it as he stepped away to his left. In similar fashion Louis trained to land his right hand as Walcott in fight 2 did his shuffle with hands low.

 

Wonderful as usual Resnick...I'll never forget that my dad, uncle, grandmother and aunt watched this fight...mt grandmother went to the fridge for a can of beer and missed the ko..lol.

 

Wonderful. Always good to see a member who appreciates and respects the history of boxing no
matter what the era.

 

Rock came at Joe like a bull for that rematch. I believe he wanted no more of those 13 rounds ever again.. Not sure if he said that before or after this fight.

But look at his foot work. Patient and measured on the outside , but like a rattle snake at mid range. Rocky wasn't slow at all , he was lethal at mid range and a killer on the inside. He knew where he was at a disadvantage. A great ring IQ.

 

True. You were made believe he had no skill at all despite constantly getting into the grill of some of the slickest guys that ever boxed.
One criticism i never got was the balance issue. I always thought he had great balance for the amount of punches he threw. He was always in position to follow up. Always.
You're going to be off balance if you miss a punch. Thats a given and has nothing to do with balance.

Joe Louis fell onto his hands and knees in the Abe Simon rematch off a missed punch. And his balance and footwork was some of the all time best.

 

My father told me the same thing...

 

Wow - you can hear the thud of the punch landing.

 

Yes he did practice the punch but I think Walcott could have gotten up,when he heard the boos he mimed outrage at the count.A J Leibling gave a good account of it in "The Sweet Science".

 

No,it's based on watching his fights , the comments from ringside reporters of them,and his opponents such as Joe Louis who called him a street brawler in his autobiography.

: "Trying to knock the challenger out with one punch, the 29-year-old Marciano was over-eager and awkward. He lunged, butted, hit below the belt, on the break and after the bell. Once, he swung so wildly that he missed and slipped clumsily to the canvas. Outboxing the champion and avoiding his blows, LaStarza managed to win four of the first six rounds"

Emmanuel Steward,asked to assess Marciano's chance today said he was slow, too small, cut and had bad balance. Was he watching a different fighter to you?

The revisionism of Marciano started in the mid 1960's and has continued at a pace.In his own time he was considered inferior to Dempsey in skills and a poor facsimile of him.
I suppose some need a hero, and Rocky is a good choice for those that do ,a fine man,modest and unassuming ,and an excellent champion who ducked no body. One wonders what he would make of the mythologizing of him on this forum?

 

Added foot note Walcott's body did not look as toned as it t did in their first fight.

 

Brilliant.