Rocky Marciano Inside Fighting Skills

BoxFreakBen · Nov 23, 2017

lloydturnip said: ↑

Very good .great break down of attacks not just a brawler.
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thank you! i very much enjoyed making the video!

BoxFreakBen · Nov 23, 2017

choklab said: ↑

Thing is with Rocky is he was not conventional but it worked.

He was smaller than folks expect a great champion to look like. So many people cannot get past that even though there is a history of champions initially even lighter than Rocky making an impact on the modern division.

Rocky was not a face first cruiserweight. or swarmer. Whatever that means.

Marciano was not a fancy boxer puncher either.

He was simply exceptionally successful at making what he could not do into the thing he did not need to do. And the stuff he could do really well was always the thing his opponent could never prevent from happening.

Other champions were better at what they did. They looked better doing it. But Rocky was the one who made everything work for him when it counted. He was more effective at getting what he had count and what he couldn't do not count. Nobody could touch him for this. And on top of that, he did retire before there was any degeneration. So nobody can know for sure what it took to destroy him.

He remains the code that was not cracked. But Rocky still was around long enough for all that he did to stand up. It all really was legit. And there was enough of it to tick boxes for the time that he was around.

There literally was nothing more he could have done in the time that he had.

There was better champions. Who were around a lot longer. But that cannot take away from Rocky in his time.
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i completely agree with you!

GALVATRON · Nov 23, 2017

reznick said: ↑

Well that's why we have something called Pound for Pound.
So we can acknowledge that guys like Ali, Joshua, Tyson, and Louis are really good boxers, without having the burden of putting them in the ring against featherweights and getting embarrassed.
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Well the Mosley vs Shaq O'Neil proves boxing should have only 3 weight classes.

I myself over powered O'Neil back in the 90's and that's when I weighed 155....weight classes are just a barrier to include inferior athletes.

Eddie Ezzard · Nov 23, 2017

choklab said: ↑

Thing is with Rocky is he was not conventional but it worked.

He was smaller than folks expect a great champion to look like. So many people cannot get past that even though there is a history of champions initially even lighter than Rocky making an impact on the modern division.

Rocky was not a face first cruiserweight. or swarmer. Whatever that means.

Marciano was not a fancy boxer puncher either.

He was simply exceptionally successful at making what he could not do into the thing he did not need to do. And the stuff he could do really well was always the thing his opponent could never prevent from happening.

Other champions were better at what they did. They looked better doing it. But Rocky was the one who made everything work for him when it counted. He was more effective at getting what he had count and what he couldn't do not count. Nobody could touch him for this. And on top of that, he did retire before there was any degeneration. So nobody can know for sure what it took to destroy him.

He remains the code that was not cracked. But Rocky still was around long enough for all that he did to stand up. It all really was legit. And there was enough of it to tick boxes for the time that he was around.

There literally was nothing more he could have done in the time that he had.

There was better champions. Who were around a lot longer. But that cannot take away from Rocky in his time.
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Great post Choklab. I'm not much of a fan of Rocky but can't find a word in here that doesn't make total sense.

choklab · Nov 23, 2017

Eddie Ezzard said: ↑

Great post Choklab. I'm not much of a fan of Rocky but can't find a word in here that doesn't make total sense.
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Thanks buddy.

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