This is an interesting article from The Ring with two Marciano opponents and sparring partners talking about Rocky. This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
It is interesting that both picked Marciano over Tyson... I'm sure there's a degree of bias there, but they seem honest about the other topics and fond of Marciano.
They picked Marciano .... and why not ? Both guys would be coming at each other with dynamite in their fists, anything could happen. Yes, there's always a bit of bias towards fighters of your own era.
Nice article. Lowry-Marciano was filmed? I'd love to see that fight. Simmons seems to make a point about Marciano's improvements from the time he fought till the time he was champ.
Though this picture does not show it, Simmions opened up a nasty cut on Marciano. One of the Marcaino books ( Could be Undefeated ) suggests that if Rocky wasn't undefeated the ring doctor might have stopped it. Thanks for the Article Dave, and keep posting.
I like that Simmons mentions fun in training camp, but says he can't tell stories. I respect that. In old days what guys did in camp, or what baseball and football players did in clubhouse or road, a man kept quiet. Now everyone snitches on each other, or tires to sell the story to someone. Two classy guys.
Good point. I respect that too. People are given too many "drinking, gambling, whoring" tales, true or untrue. I'd like to think the men with the "cleanest" role-model images were the guys with friends who kept their mouths shut. They had private lives, just like the rest of us.
