Marciano v Liston's Best Opponents?

Seamus · Jun 1, 2023

I stand by my statement from years ago.

Rocky Marciano beats Roy Harris.

InMemoryofJakeLamotta · Jun 1, 2023

Seamus said: ↑

I stand by my statement from years ago.

Rocky Marciano beats Roy Harris.
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You're a funny poster

InMemoryofJakeLamotta · Jun 1, 2023

cuchulain said: ↑

I think Marciano beats ALL of Liston's opponents.

Liston himself ?

That's a trickier question.
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Same, although Williams and Patterson could give him the most trouble. If I was sure that Patterson could take Rocky's power, I'd pick him to win, but at some point, Rocky would Johansson him.

swagdelfadeel · Jun 1, 2023

InMemoryofJakeLamotta said: ↑

Yeah but he lost to Moore about 3 or 4 times? And Machen didn't have the punching power to blast our Moore like Foreman did Frazier.
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You miss the point entirely. Styles make fights.

Plus, the guy I was making the comment to was poo pooing Marciano's opposition for being too small compared to modern day heavyweights, while ignoring that standard for many of Liston's best opponents, like Machen who barely cracked the 200 lbs mark. And he had said some comment like "Anyone who thinks Moore could beat Machen knows **** about boxing". I know with reasonable certainty that he only made that statement because Moore lost to Marciano and is counted as one of Marciano's best wins and Machen is counted as one of Liston's best wins.
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Were you able to read his mind or something?

Imagine thinking that it's some far fetched conspiracy theory to think that an ATG light heavyweight like Moore who successfully competed simultaneously as a top heavyweight contender weighing in the high 180s, low 190s could have a chance against 198 pound Machen (who himself was a pretty good HW contender)? Someone who thinks that the idea that Moore could even be competitive with Machen is silly, most likely has some nefarious reasoning for thinking that. Especially if commented under the video comment section of the Moore vs Marciano fight
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I honestly have no idea where you're going with this.

swagdelfadeel · Jun 1, 2023

SuzieQ49 said: ↑

Machen got demolished in one round by ingos bingo yet 3 out of 4 posters here picked Machen over a prime Marciano

didn’t Marciano make a career out of knocking out 195lb slick defensive counterpunchers like Machen?
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Literally ONE person outright picked Machen over Marciano.

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