Rocky Marciano vs. Lennox Lewis

I know anyone who rates Marciano as a head to head force at heavyweight is an absolute moron.

 

marciano K.O RD 3

 

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=009032&cat=boxer

Marciano only had 7 world title fights..then retired. Looking at this vid of him in the last couple of rounds against an OLD past it no longer champ Louis I see a fighter that I feel wouldn't have lived with Lewis/Tyson/Holmes and loads other heavyweight champs since those old days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD5uOEpV3zE

 

Marciano would lose by broken back haha. Although i agree that Lewis would stop marciano, its not like marciano had no defensive skills at all and couldn't fight, i believe rocky gets TKOd mid-late rounds. Although lewis was a tremendous puncher, his power is a bit overated

 

Shut up fool, you know nothing.
Marciano wanted no part of fighting Louis. He could bring himself to hurt him and his corner had to tell him just go out and get it over and done with in the next round.
He apologised to Joe in the dressing room afterward.

 

Where did I rate him head to head you ****ing dip****? I didn't. But Berbick? Golota? PLEASE. Rocky would outlast those fools, PROVIDING, he fought in that era and weighed more, which he would.

 

Agreed. Rocky, if anything, probably was gun shy and took it easy on him.

 

True that. He went shy on full power shots after he almost killed Carmine Vingo.

 

Lewis definitely would not take a flush shot from Marciano, but with all that said its a lot to overcome by Rocky.

 

You're right on a few of those, but some of those are total BS. Small Holy, and Fraiser would be all time great fights.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFUJ3KDjrlI

Rocky Marciano was a bull and monster of a man just like Mike Tyson. Built like neanderthals. The reason he was 185 is because he trained harder than anybody, dieted down, and trained for 15 rounds. He did this with no steroids, no supplements, and zero weight training. He could have went 30 rounds and retained his bone crushing power all the way through. He did get cuts though and Lewis would probably keep him at bay however Rocky would be a serious threat in every second of the fight.

 

:good

 

He weighed 185 because he was 5'10 thats all. He weighed less cos he was small. Tyson or Tua (prime) would've been a good fight to watch whilst it lasted as they didn't know how to fight going backwards so it'd be fireworks...exciting but short fight methinks with Rocky on his back seeing stars.

 

Nobody has a better resume than George Foreman.
In 1991 going into the Holyfield fight he was 69-2 (65 ko's) 56 within 4 rounds. Only 2 losses were to Ali (who performed the miracle in Zaire) and everybody knows it was a miracle. Ali was smart enough never to give Big George the rematch. The only reason Ali won that fight was because he could absorb tremendous punishment to the body and he had a cast iron chin. Ali's incredible ability to survive Big George's punches and his enormous will was the reason he won. Big George said he hit Ali with the hardest shot to the body he EVER delivered. Anybody else in the world would have crumbled.The other loss was to Jimmy Young when arrived a day before the fight and didn't acclimate to the San Juan heat. He paced himself and didn't throw a significant punch the first 5 rounds. He didn't go after him that wasn't the real George Foreman. 1 complete fluke and 1 miracle away from being 71-0 going into Holyfield fight. Which we know never would have happened if he beat Ali. He also needed the money. He wore the same red trunks he wore in Zaire when he Knocked out Moorer in the 10th for a reason.
Face it
George Foreman is the best.

 

If you exclude every fighter Foreman faced before the Ali fight who has less than 35% KOs (except Wepner) then he was 11-0 coming in the Ali bout.

I don't include those fighters because generally they were past lightheavies who couldn't even KO people at that weight.
Or you can name me an even decent hw with less than 35% KOs. (besides maybe Wepner)