Marcianos superb defense

Marciano's defence consists of a being a small guy in a crouch and someone who was constantly moving. He was a hard target to hit for the subpar competition he had.

 

Moore and Charles were not subpar.

 

He has 4 opponents, of like 45, that most would describe as "not subpar". His average level of competition was relatively, very low.

Also, Charles was very far past his prime and Moore was smaller and also past his prime.

 

I will add that a swarmer, is the single most difficult boxing style, for a fighter or trainer to be successful with at the highest level.

If a swarmer gets to the top in their era, then a lot of things must have gone right, on both the fighter and trainers part!

 

Sure, most of his opponents were far from great. Doesn't change the fact that he fought against some very good fighters.

Charles was past his prime, but he was still capable of beating world level boxers. Moore was just slightly past his prime and he wasn't really smaller than Marciano

 

Stick to Youtube kid.

Let the experts do their job.

 

Neither were they prime.

 

But both were top contenders in that time.
These two defenses are better than most champions best defenses. Johnson and Dempsey didn't have a single comparable defense and both were ATG fighters.

 

I did some stats of my own on old boy Rocky.

Here is a spreadsheet sorting top 10 HWs of each decade. The color coding groups those who turned pro in the same decade. Rocky cleaned up the old guard like other greats. His field of contemporaries were rather lacking though.

 

soneone needs a blueberry smoothie

 

Is it possible to become a great fighter without having at least some defensive skill ? .... I don’t think so

 

Marciano is underrated

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Being a top contender doesn't make you prime, it may mean,and some times does, you are active in a weak era.