Why is it Rocky Marcianos KO'ed Oppnents went to sleep for a longer time that Tysons?

Tyson fought

6'6 220lb Tony Tucker
6'4 230lb Bonecrusher Smith
6'3 240lb Frank Fruno
6'2 235lb Tony Tubbs
6'3 220lb Pinklon Thomas
6'4 220lb Larry Holmes
6'5 220lb Carl Williams
6'2 225lb Trevor Berbick


Marciano fought

6'0 195lb Jersey Joe Walcott
6'2 213lb Joe Louis
6'1 193lb Rex Layne
6'0 182lb Roland Lastarza
5'11 188lb Archie Moore
6'0 185lb Ezzard Charles
5'10 205lb Don Cockell
5'11 175lb Harry Kid Matthews



Big difference in size of Opposition

 

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I agree wit Seamus.

 

not just marciano, guys back then got put out like that a lot in all of the divisions from the biggest to the smallest. much more full, true 10 count knockouts from that era and other past eras, not as many referee stoppages as today at all

now how are we to account for this

 

Marciano worked his ass off in training to get DOWN to 189 lbs. They had a heavy bag made especially for him...it was almost 300 lbs.The Rock had to really bang it to make it move..he hit like a much bigger man...he almost killed Carmine Vingo in 1949...Vingo needed a cane and never fought again...shearing Rex Layne's teeth off at the nubs...smashing Lee Savold's teeth up into his gums...Roland LaStarza having to have surgery on his arms to remove blood clots that formed after his beatdown from Rocky in 1953...it took some guys weeks to get over a beating at the hands of Marciano...

 

Well I suppose, however Marciano also has 4 ATGs on his resume, Tyson just the 1

 

You also have to look at what round the knockout came in. Rocky got late round KOs and Tyson got early round KOs, for the most part. It also probably doesn't hurt that some of the Rock's competition were in their forties.

 

I don't the two are comparable. Love the Rock, but Tyson would kill any 185lb opponent.

 

Marciano's stoppages came from big shots to cap off ridiculous sustained beatings.


You were generally safe from Mike if you made it far enough. His game was to catch you early with his speed and explosiveness and switch your lights.


Also, Rocky put Walcott to sleep, in that particular example, with a hellacious right hand, possibly the single best landed shot in heavyweight history. That'll separate a man from it.

 

:good

 

Loaded gloves

 

It's not rocket science guys...

Smaller gloves + past prime opposition= devastating knockouts.

The truth hurts.

 

Probably talking about Holmes since most (sadly) don't rate Spinks at HW... nor do they have any idea of how good he was at 175. They just know that he got humiliated by Mike and that his brother is a bit of a punchline nowadays...