Marciano v Ali v Liston

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  1. billyb71

    billyb71 Member Full Member

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    Who would win:
    Prime Marciano vs Prime Ali?
    Prime Marciano vs Prime Liston?
    Thanks
     
    billyb71, Jun 7, 2022
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    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Rocky goes 0-2.
     
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    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Only question is how long does Rocky last in both fights.
     
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    Marciano wasn't a braggart. He was a humble soft spoken man. He said he thought Liston would have beat him. After sparring with Ali in the 1967 computerized fight, he said that Ali had the fastest hands he had ever seen but Marciano thought he could have beat him. I believe him.
     
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    Ali KO6
    Liston KO3
     
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    Marciano would win or Ali and Liston would win?
     
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    Those are the rounds that Marciano's face falls off.
     
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    Liston I can believe. Ali wasn't known for KOs.
     
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    He sure stopped a lot of great and good fighters... better heavyweights than Marciano.
     
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    I think Ali's only KOs were Liston (probably a fix) and Foreman.. He stopped a lot of people with TKOs.
     
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    OK. I wasn't being as specific to specify KO or TKO. Let's just say stoppage.

    By the way, who has better top-2 heavyweight KO register than Foreman and Liston?
     
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    Foreman - 81 fights, 68 KOs
    Liston - 54 fights, 39 KOs
    Marciano - 49 fights, 43 KOs
     
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    The "light hitter"...and the "Big Quitter"...
     
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    Marciano cut easily. Ali's best chance for beating him would be to cause multiple cuts and get the fight stopped.
    Ali won't KO Marciano.
     
    billyb71, Jun 8, 2022
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