Why does Rocky Marciano rank so high to many of you?

The same reason they rank Dempsey so high!

 

I cant come up with 15 ut I could come uo with like close to 8. To me, he is in the top ten but at the bottom of it. But to say he aint top 15 is BS.

 

Rocky had that "IT" factor that guys like Holmes, Lewis, Frazier, and Wlad will never have no matter who they beat. With that being said though, Any of those guys I listed above, I would put money on to hand Rocky a Thorough ass whipping (along with many others too).

H2H he is NOT a top ten. being undefeated is great but we must also look at those people who he fought. Guys like Mike Tyson gets a lot of slack for mediocre competition, but compared to Marciano could we really say that?

 

Yes you could absolutly say that about Tyson. when tyson unified the wbc and wba titles all he did was was beat two guys the last real champ (Holmes)already beat. Tony tubbs, larry holmes, mike spinks, Frank Bruno and pinklon thomas had never beat rated heavyweights since BEFORE tyson turned pro or around the time Tyson was starting out. Biggs never beat a rated fighter either. Tucker, williams and Douglas were his best contenders.

Say what you like about marcianos competition but they were all beating several "at the time rated contenders" right up until when they chalenged the rock.