Lewis vs. Marciano

I think Lewis is just too big. Looks to me like a first round KO for Lennox. No way can Marciano take the Lewis right hand punch.

 

6'5 vs 5'10.
250lbs vs 180lbs.

Times were different.

Lewis, brutal KO.

 

I like Lewis also but to totally dismiss the Rock's chances does him a great disservice.

A bloke with the heart,chin,stamina and resilience of Rocky isn't getting KO'd in the first round by anyone.

**** me,a 5'10 midget with ordinary skills and none of Marciano's power in ****** Fortune took Lennox 4 and landed a few decent shots into the bargain,so to say Lewis walks through a wrecking machine like Marciano is nonsense.

Lewis would most likely fight a cautious fight and use his great size advantage to box his way to a points decision or possibly a cuts stoppage.The Tua and Holyfield fights are the blueprints for how he'd deal with Rocky I think,but definately none of this blowout bull****.

 

Maybe, but Fortune had a good 30-40lbs on Marciano.

 

So?

Just because Fortune was fatter means nothing.

Marciano punched harder,was tougher and was flat out a way,way,way better fighter and to say different is ridiculous.

 

Lewis or Marciano would likely be disqualified.

Lewis for hitting the ducking Marciano on the back of the head..

or Marciano for constantly ducking too low, exposing the back of his head.

Not a fight worthy of watching in any era, for any reason.

 

I see Lenox flattening him like he did to Bothra ... no knock on Rocky but there is a reason we have weight divisions ...

 

These remarks seem to point to something important-the fight would appear very messy from conflicting styles and sizes possibly leading both men to attempt to awkwardly compensate for his opponent.

But anyone who thinks Lewis is going to walk over Marciano has to be dreaming. He would take Marciano's power seriously just has Marciano would take Lewis' size and reach.

In the end I think the awkwardness would favor Marciano especially when they are in close as they would have to be eventually. And a few short hard blows from in close might be enough.

 

I think this would be a highly competitive fight with both fighters having to dig deep.

Marciano would have to take a lot of punishment to get inside but he would get inside and make Lewis hurt to the body. I can see a lot of the drama unfolding but I honestly couldnt pick a winner.

 

I agree!

I would love to watch this! If I was forced to bet, I would have to put my money on Rocky.

 

I was just thinking about this fight an hour ago.

The case for Lewis is that he moves and picks apart Rocky from the outside, makes Rocky pay if Rocky over-reaches, ties up Rocky inside, gets in some uppercuts. If rocky starts to wear down, Lewis starts dropping some bombs.

The other hand is that Rocky has the potential to end it at any moment; also, if Rocky has the chin (guts not in question) to hang in there, maybe in the later stages Lennox's legs get slow, arms get heavy, and he has to start fighting for survival. Now, Lennox has been there before and pulled through; on the other hand, sometimes it seems like it takes a round or two for reality to seep in -- for Lennox to accept he has to start sitting on punches to keep his opponent honest.
Sometimes Lewis can seem like a yard long piece of bread, all sorts of yummy fruits and nuts and spices and cheeses worked in -- only it never baked through all the way; doughy patches show up here and there. Where as I don't think there's anything half-baked about Marciano.

So, who wins?

'50's Marciano vs. late '90's Lewis: well, I feel like Lewis ought to win, especially in twelve rounds. But if Rocky lays him out or grinds Lennox to pulp I would be less than slightly suprised.

In a come-along-at-the-same time scenario, maybe Lewis would loose some of his size advantage? I usually think off about 2.5 Ilbs/decade for the latter guy, and a couple more pounds if it's a twelve-round fighter going against a fifteen round fighter (and a couple more if there's a long-rounds fighter involved). Lennox would still have a considerable size advantage and box a similar fight; but I think Rocky might be able to get more done inside.

 

The size difference is massive Lewis would have 60+lbs and 17" in reach that is huge. Plus Lennox wouldn't underestimate a fighter with a name like Rocky if Lennox boxes safety first then maybe decision, but many Steward liked his big guys to bully and push around the smaller guys so I think Lennox would stop him early this could look like Hearns vs Duran.

 

OK but we cant match these fighters ar they were in their respective eras without the rule set strongly biasing the fight against one or the other.

12 rounds
In this scenario we are taking a version of Marciano who has trained for a 15 round fight against a 200 lb oponent where stamina is the main concearn and are piting him against a Lewis who has taken advantage of the 12 round limit and modern weightlifting techniques to gain physical advantage under that ruleset.

15 rounds
In this scenario we are taking a version of Lewis who has taken measures to optimise him self for a 12 round fight including adding muscle mass perhaps sacrificing some stamina to acieve this. This means that he needs a knockout to win because if it goes past twelve rounds he looses by default. What is worse he is not alowed to wear a protective cup up to his niples and has to learn to take body punches.

Bottom line is that if these guys were fighting eachother they would prepare for exactly that scenario using whatever was available.