Pep vs Marciano. Humor me. How long does Pep last?

Kurgan and I have been joking about it since ESB's own paradigm shift back in the ancient days of Revolver's arrival.

 

They would need to bring a pint sized coffin (casket if you're American) to ring side.

 

Pep might be a feather but that dose not mean that he will shatter like glass when Marciano hits him. A lot of heavyweights have sparred with a lightweight to improve their speed.

Pep will be faster and harder to land on even than guys like Ezzard Charles. He will also wish to not get hit which will mean that he will make it as hard as he possibly can to land on him.

 

I would pick Pep in that scenario. If you offered Marciano a million dollars to put Michael Grant away in one round it would be a much easier asignment.

Heavyweights tangling with lightweights in NCs was not unknown at the turn of the century. Jack Blackburn fought an exhibition with Jack Johnson in which he bloodied his nose and Jack Johnson was unable to catch him and punish him. Sure Pep is in trouble when he is hit cleanly but that is easier said than done.

 

What exactly is a clean hit?

If Marciano goes for Peps arm he will wing it a couple of times before he lands a clean shot on it?

If he lands on the body with cumulative shots what are the chances of one hitting the solar plexus?

If he dose land then Pep will be running away backwards at the time.

I think it would depend on Marciano's ability to cut the ring and Pep might wrigle out of a couple of corners before he was caught.

Of course this is a fairly sadistic thread. We are esentialy discussing how long Pep can fend off being beaten into a heap of smashed offle.

 

Marciano will not hit Pep at all in 15, 50 100 rounds, becuase Marciano is so dang slow.

 

From what I've seen of Marciano he lacks fundimenyals but he has fast hands. The fight would last as long as Pep dosn't get hit, but when he dose probbly in the first round the fight will end. Pep was an amazing defecive boxer. However Marciano's hand speed is under ratted and lost in his crude style. Also tsake in to concideration Marciano's power and the size difrence. Pep will need an Iorn chin to last against Marciano.

 

Pep would win 15 rounds without hitting or gettin hit.

 

Pep W15 Marciano. Pep could dodge punches within 6 inches of standing near his opponents. The Rock would't be able to catch him. He'd land a few shots which would hurt Willie like hell, but I don't necessarily think that it'd be a one punch knockout.

 

Well let me make the boundaries a bit more clear:

James Quick Tillis W15 Rocky Marciano.