What if Rocky came back in 1959 as was considered?

I think Johannson stops him late, too much time off the ring and his first bout against a proper elite boxer in their prime.

 

He’d lose to anyone noteworthy.

 

I don’t think it would have ended well for him. He had the type of style and body build that didn’t age well. That and he retired initially because he was having back problems. As mentioned he tried launching a comeback in ‘59 but abandoned the cause when he couldn’t get himself into ideal shape. For him to try this even LATER during the 60s as suggested in the OP would have been near impossible. By that point he would have been losing to dudes like Mike Dejohn or Roger Rischer.

 

Magoo ends the thread

 

Rocky had had his time.
Guy's like George Foreman only come around once in a blue moon,i see Marciano getting stopped.

 

The 59 Rocky against Ingo gets dropped by Toonder. Maybe KOd but definitely loses.

 

If we're talking about 1959 I'm not writing him off against the likes of Johannson. If he can get near to the Marciano conditioning that beat Moore he should beat Johannson. If he turns up out of condition, then he could get beat. That's boxing

 

He'd do about as well as you'd think someone who's 36 years old with a bad back would do. He wouldn't have that zero on the loss column.

 

He never really considered it. His dreams of comeback lasted until he got back in the gym.

Anyway, time passed Rocky by hard.

 

Hi Buddy.
Agree with all you have said, minor caveat, the back was indeed a factor in his decision to retire, alongside the arduous grind of getting in shape was becoming unbearable, the long absences away from his family, and most crucially the amount of percentage the greedy Al Weil was subtracting from Rocky's ring earnings was becoming intolerable, so more than issue played a part in his retirement.
stay safe mr magoo, chat soon buddy.
Mike.