Rocky Marciano's punching power

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  1. baconmaker

    baconmaker Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    How hard you think Rocky Marciano would have hit these machines, if there were ones in his time? [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVW-uqPmhhE[/url]
     
  2. Jim Jeffries

    Jim Jeffries Ring General banned Full Member

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    He sure hits harder than Kubrat Pulev who hurt Wladimir.
     
  3. Tancred

    Tancred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :deal
     
  4. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Way to embarrass yourself :lol:

    1-- Only you, in your wet, sweaty and sticky dreams have seen Wlad hurt against Pulev. Then you woke up and you had to clean the mess, or your momma would have kicked you outta house.

    2-- You can't know how hard Pulev punches compared to Marciano; the things we know for sure is that Marciano was a midget that fought weak, out of shape, slow, uncoordinated opposition some 65 years ago.
     
  5. janitor

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    Rocky Marciano's power was measured at a US Army testing centre, and it was around 1000 foot pounds.

    Similar tests have been done with various heavyweights from Jim Jeffries to Wladamir Klitschko, but I am wary of cross era comparisons, because different machinery was used.
     
  6. vituman

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    Edis Tatli vs boxing machine

    [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w22JTuEhgTM[/url]

    Robbe Helenius

    [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp0Tpa45xnI[/url]
     
  7. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Rocky would have punched the ball out of its socket.
     
  8. Anders

    Anders Member Full Member

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    One thing is for sure, the level and amount of r-t@rdness can never be measured.
     
  9. McGrain

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    There was and he did.


    I've never seen the results presented as anything but a mess though, it's written as "925 foot pounds of pressure" and supposedly he was wearing 12 ounce gloves.