When did Marciano fall outside the top ten?

cuchulain · Dec 2, 2007

My top ten only foes back to the Joe Louis era.

And Marciano is still in the middle of it.

torchkit · Dec 2, 2007

McGrain said:

You should be banned from posting on this site until you have known the physical love of a woman.
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Ouch! Damn, that's cold.

JohnThomas1 · Dec 2, 2007

McGrain said:

You should be banned from posting on this site until you have known the physical love of a woman.
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Fair call, not much chance of him getting the mental love side off them.

JohnThomas1 · Dec 2, 2007

Sonny's jab said:

Talking head-to-head, I think a fighter like Rocky Marciano would beat the vast majority of heavyweights who came after him, of whatever size.

His strength, aggression and awkward attack angles would be apparent against far bigger men. He's not gonna lose much effectiveness simply by being out-sized. He's a nightmare to be in the ring with, whether you are small as Tommy Burns or big as Nicolai Valuev.

I actually think Marciano would be better defensively against taller men. His low crouch and lack of height makes him a difficult target for a tall range fighter to tag cleanly. Couple that with his tendency to throw unorthodox punches from unusual angles out of the crounch and he's gonna have success against some very good far bigger men.
Of course, not all of them, some might beat him, figure him out, smother and negate him or perhaps overwhelm him. But those would be FEW and GREAT.
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I disagree a bit, tho not totally. I'm certainly not going to diss the Rock tho. Great fighter, great record.

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