He doesn't beat Ali He doesn't beat Frazier He doesn't beat Foreman He doesn't beat Johnson He doesn't beat Liston He doesn't beat Lewis He doesn't beat Wlad He doesn't beat Vitali He doesn't beat Joshua He doesn't beat any present day super heavyweights He doesn't beat Tyson He doesn't beat Tua He doesn't beat Louis He doesn't beat Holyfield He doesn't beat Bowe He doesn't beat Peter He doesn't beat Holmes He doesn't beat Fury He doesn't beat Ibeabuchi By my calculation he isn't even in the top 25. So who does he beat?
Your post is a complete piece of crap. Ali himself felt Marciano could have beaten him. Ali himself felt Marciano was better than Frazier. I am no huge Marciano fan but he had everything it would take to beat Ali, prime Louis or any other hwt champion. Marciano was in condition to fight 15 tough rounds, had a deceptively difficult style to handle and had one punch ko power in each fist. Add to this ATG will to win and determination. Very few hwt champions has all of these attributes. Attributes that make a great fighter an ATG fighter.
Rocky Marciano was the Deontay Wilder of his day. A one armed KO artist against another champs leftovers while displaying rudimentary boxing ability. He could beat lots of guys. The Rock would annihilate (shot) Chris Arreola.
This really confirms that you are completely ignorant about Marciano and anything before him. I don't blame you though. It takes time to learn these things but you should do even a little research before posting false information like this.
What false information is that? If I think Marciano can beat (shot) Arreola it is my opinion, it may be wrong but "false" is a bit far.
He defeats Patterson!He wouldnt be top 100 after the 60's. 5'11 185 67 inch reach ,cuts easy and doesnt have a jab and is dead without speed of hand or foot with such things stacked against him ....figure it out.
"The Deontay Wilder of his day" - They have no similarities other than being heavyweight champ "A one armed KO artist" - Completely false. Marciano came forward with a two fisted attack and scored knockouts with his left hook "another champs leftovers" - Never fought any left overs unless you are referring to Charles but he won half of the Walcott series and was very competitive in the fight he lost to Walcott. Moore was on a 21 fight win streak and was lhw champion. "displaying rudimentary boxing ability" - I guarantee you that no boxer who only knows the basics will be able to come forward bobbing, feinting, and countering then knocking out the heavyweight champion as well as unanimously decided atgs.
He beats 39 year old Walcott, old Joe Louis, 33 year old career LHW Ezzard Charles and 39 year old career LHW Archie Moore. I think he could beat Kovalev and give CW Holyfield a really good fight maybe beat the 12 fight version that fought Qawi the first time. He could MAYBE beat Chris Byrd in a small ring. IF marciano had been born 30 years later he would have had an extra 20 pounds of muscle and this would be a different conversation. Always been impressed with his durability, savage punching and determination. Not so much with his skills, same with Joe Frazier
As far as the weight thing goes---if heavies in recent times trained the way Rocky did they'd never weigh more than 210 or perhaps 218 or so. And if you are selling the size thing is too great to overcome---then that makes Valuev the best champion, doesn't it? He's way bigger and heavier than anyone.
The newbies value size which is the last thing to consider. Also neither Valuev nor Wilder were the worlds hwt champion. Conversely Marciano was the hwt champion of the world and defended that title six times.
Thats it im outta here for today at least theres some serious hero worship going on here. I wonder if there was a guy around today at LHW who rehydrated to 185-190 fought coming forward, got hit alot, got cut often,got dropped by people his own size, showed serious vulnerabilities and flaws while beating guys like a 49 year old Hopkins(around 185 in the ring), current Adonis Stevenson at maybe 182 Catchweight so he can weigh what Walcott Weighed and Andre Ward(185-190) in a couple of years and a guy who is a legend but was completely finished but weighed 213 maybe like a 40 year old Holyfield. Would you favor him over an Anthony Joshua? With his style?