Marciano vs Holyfield at 190

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  1. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    The way to beat Rocky was the way Evander beat Tyson.

    you beat Rocky by fighting him at the range he thinks he has the advantage. Then turn him. Like Evander did to Tyson.

    I don’t think Holyfield could fight the way he did against Tyson when he was as small as 190 though.
     
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  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    certainly possible
     
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  3. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Rocky never gets his due! Generally I think fantasy matchups can be a bit silly, but this one this one is good! I don’t want you to turn disrespectful towards Evander Holyfield. Evander Holyfield wasn’t perfect but he was the real deal! But Rocky was the Brockton blockbuster, he was from Brockton and he could break blocks!

    Nobody’s perfect! Except for maybe Rocky Marciano! Rocky is not 49-0 Rocky Marciano was 49-0-0! Sure, Rocky never lost a fight, but he also never even had a draw!
    Nobody can really question he Evander Holyfield’s courage, but I bet he would nervous even taking Rocky’s luggage through airport security !
    Rocky made a point of throwing his first punch of a fight as hard as he could, then he would throw each punch harder than the last one.
    Holyfield was tough and Trained pretty hard but nobody trained like Rocky! Marciano’s secret was that he built up his running mileage over his 12 week camp. He would start running just 1 mile every day for the first week but the next week, and all the weeks after that he would double both the distance and the speed he would run.By the time he had peaked after the 12th week it is estimated he was running about 2048 miles per hour.