Prime Rollie takes on the 3 recent champions [separately of course!] Twelve rounds distance , how does he do?
All 3 have beaten top ten ranked opposition and that's all he was, a top ten ranked opponent. He poses no stylistic issues and his only claim to fame is winning a handful of rounds against a pre prime rocky. I'd assume all 3 win by knockout. apart from Tyson, he probably wins by shutout.
He did rather better than winning," a handful of rounds". Here are the judges score cards. Referee: Jack Watson 5-5 Judge: Arthur Schwartz 5-4 Judge: Artie Aidala 4-5 Lastarza was actually level on one judges score card in the second Marciano fight. Referee: Ruby Goldstein 7-3 Judge: Young Otto 6-4 Judge: Harold Barnes 5-5
If you tot them up its 14 points each.Marciano won it by virtue of a knockdown. Let's not get sidetracked here the discussion is Lastarza v the 3 I named.
Oh I agree ,I think he was a well managed fighter who missed a ton of contenders out and who parlayed a close early fight with Marciano into a title shot.
His style of jabbing from range and spoiling up close isn't gonna work well for him here. I'm not sure who he's closest to stylistically modern speaking, maybe Ruiz and he struggled mightily with Golota and Valuev. That comparison might be way off, btw, but I see nothing in his style that will pose problems for either of the 3 in the title.
