Lightheavy s That Could At least Drop Marciano??

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Replicate Archie Moore and put him down?
    Or maybe split his nose like Charles???
    Any lightheavy s iyo that do that?
     
  2. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Plenty could put him down, it's keeping him there that's the problem.

    Foster, Spinks, Moorer, Qawi, Kovalev, Stevenson, Tarver, Jones etc all hit hard enough to hurt him but like I said, no one ever kept him down.
     
  3. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I could envision a victor galindez counter-punch putting him down, but of course, not keeping him there.
     
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  4. TipNom

    TipNom Active Member Full Member

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    Holyfield started his career at light heavy, so him.
     
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  5. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Actually that's a good un.
     
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  6. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Tunney could probably drop Rocky
     
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  7. Indefatigable

    Indefatigable Active Member banned Full Member

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    Greg Haufon & Vinnie Pa. Why stop at lt-heavy when insulting a legacy? And Juan Roldan and Tom Hearns and Jeff Chandler the actor.
     
  8. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tunney lacked the punching power
     
  9. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Lol... I’m gonna take it further and bring up Chiquita Gonzalez. Dude was an animal
     
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    Indefatigable Active Member banned Full Member

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    Yes and dont forget Finito and Darchinian
     
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  11. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    You don't want power. You want smarts and timing. They're not KOing him, so you want somebody who's gonna time him and catch him off balance. Fighters like Curtis Sheppard or Jack Tiger Fox may have the power to drop him, but they won't be landing their best in a way that would drop him. You need a craftsman, as well as somebody with power. Bob Foster would normally be the right guy, but he was absolutely not good enough at heavy to trouble, much less drop, Rocky Marciano. Spinks' Jinx is what would pull it out IMO. Although then again, how many clean shots did it take for Michael to drop Cooney?
     
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  12. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tunney's punching power was quite decent. He wasn't some kind of jab and run fighter like some people think about him.
     
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  13. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Absolutely !
     
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  14. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think that Langford would drop him, with possibility to stop him. He was crafty enough to land on Rocky cleanly more than once (like Moore) but he also has geniue HW power and chin.
     
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  15. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Is it really worth speculating, who might drop fighter A, but presumably not beat them?

    That strikes me as being an argument, that would consume more effort than its conclusions were worth!
     
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