Rocky Marciano - 1966 Australian TV Interview - Muhammad Ali

Rocky Marciano's reach was the same as Manny Pacquiao's ... 67 inches.

 

Great clip.

 

I've seen this interview a few times. Maybe it's the short career he had, the handful of fights against elite (for the day) opponents, but it always amazes me how clear his speech is and how well thought out and deliberate his opinions are. Maybe this would have changed had he lived longer, but all in all, an impressive and thoughtful guy.

 

Did I hear you correctly???? I must be dreaming!!!

 

Rocky was a great fighter and one of my personal faves.

I just admit his limitations in the grand scheme of things. And honestly, it is no great slight to say he would struggle against some fighters who are, by realistic definitions, weight classes above him. Now, let's end that conversation there.

 

Marciano may have been the greatest cruiserweight in history had he been born in a more modern era, but I wonder if he would have tried to put weight on to make today`s heavyweight division, would he have been too short? Brilliant fighter.

 

He does speak deliberately and with reasoned opinion, in fairness, but his voice to me is very listenable kind of like Gil Clancy, but with Rocky it makes him sound more eloquent than he is/was.