Rocky Marciano vs. Sugar Ray Robinson.

No,...this would never work.

 

If you're serious I'll be serious .. no. Image Ray fighting an infinitely stronger, better conditioned, harder punching LaMotta and you'll have a starting point ..

 

As great as SRR was, there was this innate common sense that the fighters of his time had that kept them from straying too far out of their weight division boundaries. Exactly as he grant said, Marciano was so much bigger, stronger, harder hitting and more dangerous than Jake LaMotta, who was, up till Fullmer, the strongest fighter that Ray had fought, that common sese alone indicated that it would be a very unwise thing to even consider fighting Marciano. It had nothing to do with a lack of cojones on Ray's part, just that it wouldn't have made any sense...it would have been foolhardy, like a leopard daring to fight a lion.

 

Well, this really sums it up.

 

Depends on the distance. Given ten fights to try it he might outpoint him in a four rounder.

 

How could a dead man hope to win 1 out of the next nine bouts ?
If an Artie Levine had SRR almost kod twice in their bout in 1946
once when Robinson was on the floor for about 16-17 seconds, well you get the drift ...

 

much, much harder punching.

 

Hmm, funny how the greatest fighter in the history of the game can't give away weight, and power to Marciano, but Marciano CAN give away height, reach, weight, strength, power, and still beat guys like Holmes, Ali, Liston, blah, blah, blah.

LMFAO.

 

There's a lot that you don't comprehend, being a fruit fly, Foxy 01,

 

3x2, am rules and scoring in a huge ring, i might pick robinson

 

The whole idea of being a swarmer, it to overcome an opponents advantages in height, reach, strength, and handspeed.

If you are a boxer, you probably don't want to fight a swarmer, who has significant physical advantages over you!

 

There certainly is, but I comprehend that the overwhelming majority of Marciano fans are Murican half wits.

 

Really? Tell that to Ali, and Foreman who are 2 - 1, and 2 - 0 against the swarming Frazier, or how about the swarming Roberto Duran who is 1 - 4 against the other fab 3.

And these were 2 very very good swarmers. Or are we only allowed boxers who can't punch too hard?