Lennox Lewis v Rocky Marciano

"He chewed his steak, but did not swallow, spitting the meat pieces into a bowl."

http://www.italyheritage.com/great-italians/sport/marciano-rocky.htm

:smooch

 

Erm, you might start by trying the tried and tested definition of skill. Hit and not get hit.

I've told you before spend a week glued to your TV watching tapes of a prime Duran bringing pressure hitting and not getting hit " cleanly " back.

If that is too subtle for you, try J.C.Chavez, he also had plenty of fights for you to learn from.

I can assure you the only stupidity in this thread is coming from fanboy types who are claiming a comparative midget who was a face first, crude slugger has the " skills " to beat guys like Ali, Liston, and every respected Heavyweight champion since.

 

I'll make the claim that if you had swapped Marciano for Billups, Lewis would have been in trouble.

 

100% correct. It was indeed Archie Moore who chewed meat, swallowed the juice and spat out the remainder, and I believe as one poster has previously stated he credited the aboriginal people with this method of obtaining the goodness of the meat without the weight gain swallowing it might have caused.

 

Nah, he'd only be hitting a guy 40lbs lighter than Billups, shorter in both height and reach.

 

Tell you what, you guys seem sure of what you are saying. I will defer to your argument, even though I've seen quite a few quotes to the contrary.

 

OK, I think that we really have reached a dead end here ... :roll:

 

I can't speak for McVey, but I clearly remember reading about a reporter inviting Moore out for dinner and being surprised by Archie chewing the " expensive " steak swallowing the juice and spitting out the meat. He informed the writer he had picked this up from the aboriginals when he was fighting in Australia in 1940.

Marciano turned pro in 1947.

 

Patterson is the closest thing to Marcianos level ..guess what..Patterson also has the record for being knocked down the most as Hw champ with 20..if you really think a former 160 pounder turned 180/190 pounder in his prime is remotely close to a Lewis im not the dumb one here.:nut


Anyone who thinks a 5'9 185 pounder with an 68 inch reach who was not mobile beats a 6'5 250 giant with a 84 inch reach like Lewis is as stupid as it gets,add further insult put those 5/6 ounce gloves on Lewis that the rock wore and it would be a mugging not a boxing match..!

 

7. Routinely carried around a case of d*ldos.

Not Bullsh*t!

 

Damn right. Win or lose marciano would have gave Lewis a whole lot more trouble than Billups. It's not just the Billups fight though, aside from a few performances (Grant, Golota, Ruddock) where Lewis genuinely looked like a great fighter Lewis had a lot of dud fights where Marciano would have gave him trouble. Butler, Jackson, mavrovick, Akinwande, Mercer, Briggs, Mason...

 

And 10,000 times better. You missed that bit.