Prime Marciano V Tysons Challengers?

I think he'd massacre Bruno, Williams and Biggs.
He'd knock Tubbs and Holmes out too. Spinks would do better than he did against Tyson, but gets KO'd too.
Tucker, Smith and Thomas might last the distance.

 

Tucker schools Marciano.

 

Who's the best fighter Tucker ever "schooled" ?

 

In fairness, Tucker didn't have the chance to fight many slow, 187-lb, 67-inch reach opponents in the mid-80s.

 

No, he fought absolute bums instead. He fought 183-pound James Dixon TWICE, who was 14-25-2.
To be fair, Dixon was 191 pounds in the rematch, but then his record had dropped to 14-30-2 by then.

Tucker fought guys who shouldn't have even been in the ring. Some of those guys probably would have been 160 pounds if they'd been in shape.

His record is awful.

 

No, but the best of the best heavyweights for a decade did have that chance. And they all got beat.

 

5'11" 70" 188 lb (before a 6 month cheeseburger binge) and not remarkably quick or strong Orlin Norris took Tucker to a split decision in 1991.

And yes, Norris actually used bobbing and weaving tactics.

 

Yeah, Tucker's performances against 5'10 fighters don't impress me.
Outjabbed by Tyson, outboxed by Norris, even Frankie Swindell gave him problems.
People can say he fought Norris and Swindell when he was past his prime, and that is true, but in his prime he fought absolute bums, several of whom went the distance.
The only notable opponents in his prime were Douglas and Tyson.

 

But Marciano had no skill. He just magically became an undefeated heavyweight champion. So he would still lose.

 

All the praise he gets from his peers is fake. Ali only said Marciano would be his toughest fight because he felt bad for him.

Tucker KO 2

 

Marciano makes them all see green rats and a pace they have never seen...Marciano KO all unless boneclutcher holds on for dear life like he did vs Tyson

 

I think Marciano would have much of the same success Tyson had with the jab/right hand feint Tucker kept ducking into over and over.

After a few rounds, Tyson was pretty slow and sluggish in that fight so I don't see much a case for him only being successful against Tucker because of his speed. It's because Tucker just wasn't very good at using his height to do anything but survive.

Tucker probably lasts the distance because that's just what he does, but loses just the same.

 

His record is poor, his stats are good.