Joe Louis was still a top contender who knocked out greats like Jersey Joe Walcott. And he was higher ranked than Marciano. He wasn´t the Joe Louis of old though.
Love Eddie Murphy. "There we go, everytime we start talk boxing some white dude gotta talk about Rocky Marciano" :rofl
A very old Joe Louis who was on a comeback and had beaten like 10 good fighters in a row to get to Rocky.Louis earned his shot at Marciano with solid victories. Rocky never wanted to fight Louis....He had to do what he had to do,and did it in great fasion.
If that so, Pacquiao should have been disqualified against JMM. It is just so understandable in those times, the fact it's 15 rounders before that a brutal competition is no wonder to expect.
& soto/lorenzo? it is the exception rather than the rule tho. barrett hit haye while he was down. pac hit jmm while he was down. benn hit barkley when he was down. lewis hit acey when he was down. norris hit leonard when he was down. jensen hit canatore when he was down. tua hit cameron when he was down. khan hit kristensson whe he was down. mayweather hit gatti when he was down. margarito hit cotto when he was down. there are millions of examples...it is very rarely a dq.
shoulda coulda woulda. that was a long itme ago when things were alot different. bottom line is he is undefeated and an all time great.
:roflatsch Cockell was a joke the guy was overweight had no Chin and no heart. He was awful. Marciano beat him to a pulp.
he was overweight because of a medical condition....he had no heart? really? ....watch the fight....should marciano have bee disqualified for hitting on the break, low blows and hitting when down? yes....48-1-0