Who is the best modern heavyweight (90s and onward) that you would pick Rocky Marciano to beat?

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  1. SheenLantern

    SheenLantern Active Member Full Member

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    Most people nowadays don't seem to have a very positive view of Marciano, they think he couldn't handle modern heavyweights. That he was undersized, not very skilled and had a resume loaded with old men (not saying this is or isn't accurate, just an observation). So I thought it would be an interesting question; who is the best modern heavyweight you think would lose to Rocky Marciano?
     
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  2. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    tbh not many. The sport has simply moved on.
     
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  3. Indefatigable

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    All of them. No exceptions. The sport is nowhere near what it used to be.
     
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  4. McGrain

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    ^This place in a nutshell.
     
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  5. Showstopper97

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    Bert Cooper & maybe Michael Moorer
     
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  6. Balder

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    Moorer, Holyfield, Foreman, Lennox, and 50/50 with Vlad.
     
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    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chris Arreola or Dave Allen.
     
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  8. MrFoFody

    MrFoFody Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chazz Witherspoon & an old Chisora would be a great measuring stick for the Rock to earn a shot at the titles
     
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    Definitely Otto Wailin and Tim Schwartzs, probably Franz Botha,and Brian Neilson
     
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    Eddie Chambers.
    David Price
    Tomasz Adamek
    John Ruiz
     
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  11. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would not write Marciano off.
     
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    Without picking a winner, I think that the size and style disparity between him and Holyfield, would have been manageable for him.
     
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  13. SheenLantern

    SheenLantern Active Member Full Member

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    Forgive me if this sounds rude but I don't see how anyone who weighs 187lbs and has the reach of Nonito Donaire could possibly beat Lennox Lewis or Wladimir Klitschko
     
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    Anthony Joshua..

    Unless you think Andy Ruiz's spray and pray offense and 50 lbs of flab is a miracle of "modern training."
     
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  15. Dempsey1238

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    Rahman needed 1 good smash to take Lewis's crown from him. I think Rocky has a good puncher's chance against Lewis.
     
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