Interesting Rocky Marciano Interview (1966)

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He talks of Muhammad Ali and his near comeback in 1959.

 

I found his views on Ali interesting and it shows how unexpected it was for Ali to dodge the draft and make a stand against it. Marciano seemed quite sure he'd go into the service and was trying to pack as many fights in as he could before he had to postpone his career.

 

I also found it interesting that he would have viewed Ali as the "perfect oponent" if he were champ and Ali were challenger and was pretty skeptical of the legitmacy of Ali's wins over Liston.

 

Yeah, Marciano in the interview admitted he gave training a go and he saw that he wasn't going to regain what he once had. It'd have taken a super fight like one with Ingo to even make him consider trying another go at fighting. I think it's probably best he didn't because fighters like him, Frazier, Dempsey, and Tyson never really last long. Their styles require too much on point physical condition to do well at the highest level to make a comeback and win when 36 or 37 years old after a 3 year layoff.

If Marciano could've gotten back 70% of what he was against Moore (already less than 100% of his prime self), I think he had a chance at defeating Ingo.

I'm a fan of his toupee.

His fan thinned in the mid 1950s

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.......then got thicker again in the 1960s....

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It still would've been interesting to see what he would've done against Ingo. In a slugfest anything can happen, and Rocky-Ingo would've been a slugfest.