Prime Lennox Lewis vs Prime Rocky Marciano

i would have to look it up to jog my memory, but marciano had about 6 world title fights all when he weighed in as a very light cruiserweight by todays standards and his opponents were all small cruiserweights in todays terms as well.

marciano simply was not a heavyweight in todays terms anbd the fighters he beat wre not heavys in todays terms.

to give an anology 185 lb james toney 5.10 for a 185lb fighter decent power/speed/abilty.

even with 50 added lb james toney could not crack and egg at heavy, his punches even v journeymen , not really effective and be strong heavys they had no effect whatsoever even when landing bang on the button and his opponent walking onto them his opponent not seeing them.

evender holyfield in the first bowe fight at 204 , landed the kitchen sink on bowe , just could not hurt him or budge him.

bulking up hepled evanders power but i think holyfield had a total of 4 ko wins in 20 world title fights and he was a big 6.2/ 215lb man compared to the 5.10 185 marciano.

different era`s

different size men.

 

Assuming that Marciano is given appropriate opportunity to prepare for Lewis (sparring with big men, fighting a tune-up or two against modern opponents, bulking up somewhat in terms of muscle mass for bigger opposition), I believe he has too much resilience, power, awkwardness and endurance and takes Lewis out in the mid-to-late rounds.

 

Physically he just cannot win.

This is not just a big scrub he is boxing. It is a guy who is a signifantly better boxer than him, who is great at keeping guy's on the outside who has nearly a foot of a reach advantage.

Then if Rocky did get inside then he would be lent on by a much bigger man, who would outweigh him by a signifcant amount he would get worn down. Lewis is also a great infighter.

 

Lewis TKO4

 

How exactly can you compare a guy the size and class of LaStarza to Lennox Lewis.

He can't be KO'd? :roll:

Jump out of Rocky's ass.

 

I'd have to go with Lewis here, just too big & Rocky's defense was too leaky.

 

Carmine Vingo was 189lbs and was not a very big puncher, he also was not very expericned.

Rex Layne was a great deal smaller The guy was never close to beoing world class.

Lewis was the undisputed Heavyweight Champion for years. Beat every man he stepped in a ring with and was a very very good boxer.

Big does not = great. But big and great nearly always beats small and great.

Lewis's chin willst not infalable was not bad as shown by:

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How does Marciano get inside, how does stop Lewis just pushing him about, how does Marciano deal with Lewis size advantages:

7" in height
17" reach. ****ing 17".
60lbs in weight.

Plus not being as good a boxer. FFS

 

1. He was, but I don't think that means a great deal. Marciano never had a win over a prime great HW.

2. Lewis was hit clean and took punches from bigger punchers than the two who KO'd him. It was more the fact he was not as switched on as he should have been in those fights and got caught.

3. I don't think the fact he was fearless would come into it tbh, most boxers don't hold a great deal of fear when entering the ring.

4. I dont think he would have to, he would also decimate Marciano's work rate with his jab, wither it was hitting or not. Marciano was not particularly fast of hand nor foot. Couple that with the MASSVIVE reach disavantage....

5. Yes I agree to an extent. Which is why I would not be againt the fight going the distance. I am tending to swing the way of a stoppage now.

6. He is hard to hit clean, but Lewis would not have to hit him clean to do damage. I think it would be a methodical beatdown.

Marciano would find it hard to get inside and when he did, he would be much the weaker man and would be bullied around.