Would Jimmy Young have been one of marciano s hardest fights ?

KuRuPT · Aug 10, 2017

mcvey said: ↑

No, he said it was with Charles .

"When asked about his toughest opponent, Marciano quickly replied, “LaStarza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him.”

Marciano further elaborated on his thoughts and feelings on what it was like to fight Charles.

“You know I was knocked on the seat of my pants a few times. Being knocked down doesn’t’ really hurt that much. Stunned, y’know. Your head is buzzing and it sounds like the ocean is roaring in your ears. You can ache, too.

“But those fights with Charles---they hurt. Hurt so damned bad! I was screaming inside. The blood didn’t bother me none, except I gotta do something or else they might stop the fight. I knew I’d have to have an eye hanging out before they took my title away on a cut, so I did what I had to do to save the title. But I’ll always remember how much it hurt. Hell, I never want to feel hurt that much again.”

In their first fight, Marciano and Charles went to the brink and beyond in an ebb and flow war. Charles never allowed Marciano to bull him into the ropes, and used his vast experience, trademark style, and tremendous toughness to make a fight of it even though the “Cincinnati Cobra” was over a half decade past his prime. Charles lost to Marciano that night on the scorecards, but Ezzard holds the distinction of being the only man to go the distance with Marciano during his title reign. "
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He said Walcott other times though. He named Walcott as the best fighter he ever faced in a TV interview

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