Rocky Marciano vs 70's HW's

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  1. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    We all know that Rocky retired undefeated. But would he have been so fortunate had he have fought in the richest era of heavyweight boxing. It was called the 'Golden' era for a reason - as we have 3 of the greatest heavyweights of all-time in the same era - with a plethora of other tough & talented hw contenders.

    How does Marciano fare against:
    Ali
    Frazier
    Foreman
    Norton
    Holmes
    Lyle
    Shavers
    Quarry
    Bonavena
    Ellis
    Bugner
    Chuvalo
    Young
    Patterson
    M Foster
    B Foster
     
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  2. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    He clearly loses to    :
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    He has chances against the rest.
    Initially I also said Ali clearly beats him, but this is 70s Ali.
     
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  3. Dance84

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    Loses to foreman ,fraizer maybe shavers. Beats the rest
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Ali, Holmes and Foreman beat him clearly. Frazier is a 50/50.

    Beats the rest.
     
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  5. CaravanDweller

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    Loses to all of them
     
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  6. scandcb

    scandcb Active Member Full Member

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    Marciano is one of the most overrated historical boxers.
     
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  7. vargasfan1985

    vargasfan1985 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Whatever you say
     
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  8. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    I love rocky but he gets badly overrated.
     
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  9. It's Ovah

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    :lol:
     
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  10. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not sure, he'd look pretty ordinary (at times) because any ATG HW boxer would've had a hard time with that list.
    If he fought those guys, there's no way he'd have 49 fights imo.
     
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  11. reckless

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    Size matters. Even for the 70s he was undersized.

    85kg wouldn't even make cruiserweight today, that is probably what light heavyweights are on fight night. 100kg Ali and Foreman would simply be too big. Look at what Ali did to Patterson who was bigger than Marciano.
     
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  13. catchwtboxing

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    He would beat Holmes like he stole something. Holmes never fought a guy who could throw 100 power punches in the 15th round of a fight.
     
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  14. Decker

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    Is the OP joking?
    Marciano losses to many of the top 70s HWs for the same reason that his 70s HW heroes would lose to good late 90s to current HWs.

    And wtf does "richest era of heavyweight boxing" mean? I know what he means and it's false. As for making $ even adjusted for inflation top HWs make more these days than the HWs in the 70s.
     
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  15. Johnny_B

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    The fact that Holmes never fought a guy that can throw 100 punches is irrelevant. 90% of those punches will hit air, not Holmes.
     
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