Rocky Marciano Has To Duplicate Floyd Pattersons Entire 64 Fight Career

If Marciano is able to maintain good form and longevity for that type of duration then I don’t think he loses to Johansson, Ellis or Quarry ( though Floyd was arguably robbed in a couple of those. ). Reversely I wouldn’t favor Rocky to beat Liston or Ali

 

No chance in hell Marciano can be viable for as long as Patterson was. Patterson was highly competitive with Quarry Ellis & Bonavena at an equivalent time Marciano was long gone.

I give Marciano more of a chance vs Liston than many, but he’s certainly underdog there & against Ali at a point in time where in real life he was already retired. He probably does worse than Patterson over a twenty year career.

 

If we make Marciano fight for 20 years, he is going to pick up some losses for sure, in any era.

 

Floyd was active for 20 years, Rocky for 6. Rock's body breaks down about the time of the Liston fight, a guy who Marciano wouldn't beat on his best day. After that, he's just ripe for the picking. Ali certainly thrashes him but also Quarry, Bonavena, perhaps even Chuvalo and Powell.

 

In my opinion Rocky takes several losses especially after the age of 32

 

More "Science Fiction" from Seamus...Liston...the man...who as champion...QUIT WHILE SITTING ON HIS STOOL against the light hitting Cassius Clay in Miami in Feb.1964...and then...up in the state of Maine in May 1965...takes a DIVE against Ali in the first round. Too funny!

 

Marciano never faced a man-sized athlete that was in his prime. Plus, if your reading comprehension is up, Rocky would be following Floyd's career to a tee, thus facing Liston 10 years into his career. Lil' Rock's body failed him well before that time, so the version we would get would be even more physically compromised that the prime version was.

 

I mean, Rocco had 25 "amateur" fights before turning pro, so no, he was not going to be fighting Maxim in 14 fights. Apples to oranges.

 

That was his name when he fought Liston.

 

Not the second time, and the poster referenced both fights vs. Ali.

 

10-15 losses. He would lose more than Patterson did fighting that same SOS.

There are 15 fights where the opponent has a good chance to beat him. I am not counting Moore and Maxim who were from Rockys own era.

 

OK he starts off with 4 automatic losses to Liston and Ali. Don't even need to see where in his career he's matched up against them because no version of him beats those two.

In his 14th fight, he's definitely losing to Maxim. I'd just about favor him in his 32nd fight against the version of Moore Patterson faced. He probably doesn't drop a bout to Ingo which is the only improvement I can see upon Patterson's record. He definitely drops bouts to Quarry 2X, Ellis, and Bonavena because he would've been over 50 fights by then.

So I think he only loses one more fight than Patterson did tbh