Rock Marciano KO 2 Kid Matthews 1952

What a hook!!!

 

that double hook was a killer, pretty quick reaction from Rocky, last punch was a homerun

 

Matthews reminds me of watching Tunney with that style but man those were some heavy left hooks and hitting the turnbuckle didn't help either....whats amazing is you can see the blank look in Matthews eyes with that close up when he was trying to get up

 

What a hook!! I believe Matthews was stunned a minute earlier by a grazing overhand right

 

Nice....but Marciano was a bum we all know that....(says tongue in cheek).

 

Archie Moore had some choice words about Matthews legitimacy as a heavyweight... A 178 pounder in a title elimination heavyweight fight. How times have changed.

 

Mathews was a Jack Hurley hype job.

 

That's exactly what Moore said.

 

Totally sweet. No one is going to argue against the fact that Rocky was a stone cold killer.

 

Can't knock Rocky's execution ,it's perfect.
"He belted Louis silly with lefts" A J Liebling.

 

Being English ,I wondered if there was an intentional connection between bum and tongue in cheek?

 

I remember reading an article about that fight in an old BI magazine."Joey & The Slugging Sailor"