Rocky Marciano vs Chris Byrd

Assuming it is a prime Byrd, Rocky would have to finish a slick heavyweight who had a full gas tank, not some old guy trying to breaks in the rounds.

 

Keeping it classy.

 

Just about everyone seems to be blocked now.You'll be insulting and arguing with yourself from now on,which will be a great relief to the rest of us. lol

 

Wow.....this thread went into World Star Hip Hop territory in a hurry!

 

Are you white as well?

 

Chris Byrd has a 20 pound weight advantage and still loses. If a 10 rounder, he makes the distance. If 15, he gets stopped. Byrd is no Ezzard Charles.

 

A prime Byrd is not as good as the guy who went .500 for the rest of his career? We are not talking prime Charles here but the version Rocky fought.

 

No it went into what you expect when you mention something to a white boxing fan about Marciano. They live in their fantasy world where they still think a 180 pound white fighter could beat a modern size black heavyweight. These people are the lowest of the low when it comes to boxing fans. Little ghetto black guys crying over Tyson and Mayweather are bad but at least these fighters had some skill.

As I said Marciano couldn't beat 177 pound Ted Lowry a fighter who career record is 70-68 and not only that he almost knocked out Marciano. [url]http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:19970[/url] A bum whipped his ass but yeah he could beat modern sized heavyweights. Roland LaStarza a 180 pound fighter also beat him and got robbed .[url]http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Rocky_Marciano_vs._Roland_LaStarza_(1st_meeting)[/url]

But Chris Byrd a guy who fought 230 plus pound guys and beat some of them would lose to a guy who is way smaller them him. Byrd was close to 6'2 and usually weighed between 215 and 220 which means he was 35 to 40 pounds bigger than Marciano.

 

You are the racist here.

The bottom line is that you hate Rocky Marciano because he was white.

Also you block people who try to debate with you, because you are a coward.

 

I refuse to answer these questions who wins because it is unfair and disrespectful to ATG. I am big fan of the
old time hw but evolution has meant that the non 200lb hw today is non existent. And when they are they put on
20lbs plus to compete like David Haye . I remember ATG for what they achieved during their era and i don't
compare with modern hw because that is being ridiculous.

 

Chris Byrd went on to fight at light heavyweight, after his heavyweight career, at the age of 37.

Not only is the sub 200lb heavyweight still with us, the sub 175lb heavyweight is still with us!

 

Yes. But didn't he lose 40lbs to fight at LHW ?
Off hand i can't think of any sub 200 rated in top ten.

 

Sure, but this is not because smaller fighters are unable to compete at heavyweight today.

It is simply because they have more options for gaining weight when they do.

You still get former light heavyweights breaking the heavyweight division, indeed you still get former middleweights breaking the heavyweight division.

 

True story, bro. Boxrec said so.

 

Why on earth would you even bother with such a weak argument? That's the real question. Do you think you are the only person on the net with access to Charles' fight record? I suppose you think I had no idea Charles' went on a bad skid after the Marciano fights, and this new found knowledge would make me rethink my stance completely. Well, I got news for you. I'm very much aware that Charles went on a poor run after two savage beatings against Marciano.

I'm also aware that Charles was on a fantastic run heading into the Marciano fight. And yes, I'm aware of the few losses he suffered. I've seen Charles vs Johnson and thought Charles edged a 10 round decision against the era's finest filmed technician. Thought not filmed, the Layne II and Walcott IV decisions are questionable. I've dug up as much information that is available on the Valdez fight, and came to the conclusion Charles was ill prepared and gassed out in the heat after going for an early knockout. Valdes used his weight to smother the fatigue Charles and get a by all accounts clean win. When you take on 13 opponents in 2 years all over the country in short notice fights, and come in at a career heaviest, such slips are forgivable. And Valdes proved to briefly be a force in the division after this win brought him out of obscurity.

I know Charles actually had time for a proper training camp in the first Marciano fight, and that writers that had observed him in his so called prime have called it his best performance.

Do you have anything to add?