Is Anthony Joshua better athlete than Rocky Marciano?

Neither of them are better athletes than Dustin 'The Worm' Nichols.

 

Anthony Joshua is a great athlete, if you see his routine you can see a lot of different types of workouts.
He was also in a weak tv show that compared Olympic athletes from GB and he came up first.
Anyway, Marciano was an old school trainer, he could generate too much power with little space and he also could maintain and incredible pace for 15 rounds with power in every punch.
At the end of the day, Marciano had incredible endurance and was a top athlete but Joshua is overall probably the better athlete, but the better athlete doesn't always wins, ask Berto, Judah, Mosley, Broner, etc...

 

Arnoold Schwarznegger had more muscle than both combined but was he fit around the 800m track? no way.

"AThlete" is a very broad term, not a definition thats an integral unit.

 

It would be a very sad endorsement of how badly sports science and nutrition has failed if AJ isn't considered a better all round athlete than Rocky Marciano.

 

is Jessica Ennis Hill a better athlete than Lou Ferringo?

you cant just look at muscle build and juge by that. Too much obsession with muscle build!

 

Idiotic comparison. Relative to their eras however, Marciano was probably better. He was ahead of his time as far as workouts, nutrition were concerned. Someone like Joshua couldn't exist in the 1950s...

 

whatsmore, viewing a musclebound freak like joshua in the 1950s, wouldnt be interpreted in the same way as it is today.

 

They are not athletes, they are boxers.

 

It's not close!!! Ask yourself who had had better stamina?

 

Dead lift ? AJ .stamina ? Rock.

 

Who has the better combination of speed, strength, and endurance p4p?
Endurance - Marciano
Speed - Even
Strength - Even

I give it to Marciano

 

What?? Marciano did calisthenics, ran up hills and threw ****ing rocks. That's as primitive as it gets.

Nutrition? He ate steak, potatoes, and drank turnip juice. That's pretty basic sh*t.

 

He was more into fitness and worried about his health than a lot of guys were... Who drank, smoke and partied constantly, Marciano was unusually dedicated and health conscious, FOR HIS TIME.

 

You're narrowing everything down to give a little victory to Marciano.
Also, there is no way on earth Marciano is even with Anthony Joshua in terms of strength. I don't think you've ever trained before in any way to make a statement like that.

Either way, it depends what is meant by 'athlete' here. AJ is the more explosive athlete (as someone who has seen Marciano's fights) but Marciano is the superior endurance athlete by a long shot.

Marciano's strength is more comparable to Artur Beterbiev's.