Marciano-Moore Controversy

But the thing is, there was NO standing 8 count.

 

This is a complete tall tale by Moore. Marciano was not in any serious trouble, he was up at "2," there was no standing eight-count, and the pause after the knockdown was not significantly longer than normal.

 

Watch the tape. There was no standing eight count. There's maybe a two-second pause at most between the time Marciano gets up and the time they resume fighting. Nothing noticeably different from a typical knockdown. On Moore's television bio, his own friends and family admitted that this story was baloney and said he had "stretched a moment into an eternity in his mind" or somesuch. After the knockdown, Marciano resumes action more or less like nothing happened and wins the rest of the round. Even if the ref had let Moore stand over Marciano like Jack Dempsey, it still wouldn't have made a difference.

 

The knockdown was fairly minor and had zero to do with the outcome.

 

Just a stand up in 1 or 2 seconds

If Moore ever really thought he had a chance in that fight his brains must have been pretty scrambled up by Rocky!