Rocky Marciano vs Lennox Lewis

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  1. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Why would you rate Tyson and Foreman over Liston? Tyson in particular.
     
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  2. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Anybody saying Marciano wins is following the wrong sport and i bet they've never boxed themselves.
    Also it'll come as a surprise but there is no Santa.
     
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  3. Pugilist_Spec

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    I would pick several cruiserweights to beat Rocky.

    A super-heavyweight like Lewis would kill him. Just because Rocky was the best heavyweight of his time doesn't mean he belongs in a ring with a man 60 damn pounds heavier than him. How many guys did Rocky fight that weighed more than 200 pounds, let alone 240? He doesn't even have a speed advantage to present Lewis any sort of trouble.

    Let's be realistic here.
     
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  4. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    you've got to wonder how Rocky gets near enough to land anything.as you say, Rocky isn't even that much faster???!
     
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  5. Vanboxingfan

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    Nothing in particular, other than speed. I think Tyson's speed, power and aggressiveness, particularly in the first 3-4 rounds, can cause a lot of fighters problems.

    But contrary to what you may think I have a pretty high opinion of Liston and I don't mind adding him to the list.

    Essentially I think that if there were a H2H tournament in a best of three series with the following fighters, Ali, Holmes, Foreman, Lewis, Tyson, and Liston, it would very hard to pick a winner. I'm sure most would pick Ali.
     
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  6. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Did you see the Marciano-Walcott knock out? That was brutal. Marciano's power is very underrated. He had 43 knock outs out of 49 wins. If I'm not mistaken, that's an 87.76 knockout percentage! That's the highest heavyweight knock out percentage in history!
     
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  7. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    I do agree with the above. I think Ali would beat any heavyweight. Especially in a series of three.
     
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  8. mcvey

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    I bought that fight in the 60's. Walcott was 37 years old and under 200lbs, and he floored Marciano in the first round:think

    How many Super heavyweights did Marciano ko? How many did he even fight? Lewis stopped 24 men who scaled over 220lbs. Marciano only fought 7 , 200lbs or over.
     
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    The underlined is correct ,imo.
     
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  10. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    All of this is irrelevant. Nobody is talking about chin. And I'm not talking about the actual fight, I'm talking about the punch in general. It's funny because you even mentioned Walcott flooring Marciano in the first round. But you won't however, say when Marciano knocked Walcott out in the rematch. Don't worry. I'll save you the trouble. He knocked him out at 2:25 of the first round.
     
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  11. XCalibur79

    XCalibur79 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Absurd matchup. Marciano gave up sixty pounds to prime Lennox. He'd be a cruiserweight today.
     
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  12. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Humphrey Jackson outweighed Marciano by 71 pounds. But that didn't help him did it? :nono
     
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  13. mcvey

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    If it is irrelevant why did YOU bring it up?
    Why won't I say Marciano ko'd Walcott in one round?:huh

    Here is my post from page two of this very thread!

    "I think Walcott dumped the second Marciano fight. "

    Do you actually read the replies on here?:huh
     
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  14. mcvey

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    Humphrey Jackson 4-2-0 who had a career resume of 4-3-0.
    You want to equate him with Lennox Lewis?
    Is this really the best argument you can muster? :patsch
     
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  15. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    I'm sorry. I did not see that. I'm talking About you mentioning Walcott dropping Marciano. That has nothing to do with punching power.
     
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