Lennox Lewis v Rocky Marciano

Spinks was a great fighter though.

Morrison wasn’t a great fighter. He was good. Exciting I guess. But ultimately how can you bank on somebody who got knocked out in one round by Bentt?

 

I see images of Foreman vs Bert Cooper when I think of this match-up.

 

Highly doubt that. Think you underrate Layne. Who has an impressive resume

 

Looks better pre Rocky then after that’s for sure. Fell way down hill after that but def some decent wins. The other ones I’d agree Morrison beats them.

 

Dude .. what is your point ? Mine is very basic fact . Lewis primed in his thirties . In his thirties he weighed over 240 for every fight. At 240 to Marciano's prime weight of 187 the difference is that sam as a Jr. Middle and a Light Heavy ... it is what it is .. that's my point.

 

Point taken. You know I picked Lewis here right?

 

I'm sure .. you know your stuff and I enjoy a ton of your posts.

 

Lot of talentless fighters/athletes could/can bulk their body and i think a Marciano type superb athlete can gain weight easily but i think in
Rocky's case this wasn't important at all.He was one of the greatest puncher with an outstanding stamina.
I don't know only one case when Marciano had problem with his weight.
Lewis is another case once time he was too light -this is the reason why he bulked-later sometimes he looked overweight (Rahman 1/Vitali fights) .Somehow Lewis' pathetic weight torture looks ridiculous.

 

Rocky defended his title six times ... Walcott was a 192 pound , 38 year old , La Starza was a 185 pounder , Charles was a blown up light heavyweight, Cockell was a blown up middleweight and Moore was a blown upon light heavyweight .. please fill me on on the championship caliber large heavyweights Rocky displayed this power on and I hope you can do better than an ancient Joe Louis ..

 

The depleted version of Joe Louis that Marciano fought was still at least as good as somebody like Ray Mercer or Trevor Berbick though.

just because he was no longer the man who beat Max Schmeling in one round doesn’t make this a worthless win. Louis was still beating good opponents and legitimately the leading contender on merit.

If you watch film of Louis versus Cesar Brion and compare it to Ezzard Charles against Cesar Brion, Louis did just as well. Equally you could look at film of Jimmy Bivins against Doc williams after Louis fought him and see for yourself Bivins was still quite handy because he went on to beat Cokes Wallace and mike dejohn.

 

I personally believe Hagler was robbed