Would Rocky Marciano have adapted to modern training methods?

I am simply in Awe of the guy, a lot of people talk about Tyson's and Tua's limited dimension i.e. short reaches, heights but Rocky Marciano had the same issues as well.

What i found quite extra ordinary to read was how hard he worked to maintain his status quo and his obsessive compulsive work ethic. I read he would jog/run 5-6 miles every single day 365 days a year even when he had no fights scheduled. If a fight would be scheduled he would go into training camps far away from his family at least 3 months in advance and in the final few weeks before the fight, he would remain completely secluded from his family, outside world e.t.c. During training camp he would jog/run 9-10 miles every day and in the final week before the fight he would jog/run 12-15 miles every day.

I also read that his punching bags would weigh a minimum of 300 lbs and he constantly kept pounding away at them which is the secret behind his legendary punching power. This is not to mention the usual rope skipping, sparring he did as well.

It is no surprise to find out that he was perhaps the best conditioned boxer of all time, who would never gas out and would surprise his opponents with his high work rate. He was not born with naturally gifts of speed, boxing skills but he fought to his strengths, he knew he had knock out power, he believed in attrition, coming to his opponents, absorbing punishment but constantly throwing punches to his opponents faces, body. In the Walcott fight i believe he deliberately punched his opponents shoulders, kept pounding away till Walcott was to sore to bring his shoulders up and hence came the right hand which knocked him out. This was a fight Rocky was losing, trailing way behind on the scorecard but he never gave up and kept pounding away.

I know everyone keeps diminishing Marciano's achievements, record, the fact he was 185-190 lbs, quality of opposition but lets face it 49-0 is not a joke at all. Just on the basis of the sacrifices he made and his work ethic he deserves to be ranked as a top 5 HOF.

I personally have no doubt that had Rock been around in the 70's, 80's, 90's and in the present era, he would have benefited immensely from the massive advancement made in Sports Medicine, Training knowledge, Nutrition.

The guy had the work ethic back then in the 40's and 50's, surely he could have easily built himself up to a 220 lb, well conditioned fighter and would also have benefited from good boxing coaching in the current era as well.

 

By modern training methods, i am talking about weights and more knowledge on nutrition. People who say Rocky would not have been effective at 220-230 lbs, i beg to differ. Rocky was not dependent upon speed or footwork. His biggest asset were his Big time game changing one shot power, he had a massive work rate, he never stopped throwing punches to the head, body, shoulders to wear his opponents down the longer the fight went on, his heart and chin where he never stopped coming or giving up and most importantly his legendary conditioning and stamina.

I think he would have benefited immensely from the modern scientific knowledge on nutrition and training. He could still do his daily 5-6 miles jogging and 3 months camp before a fight.

Overall i believe the guy is massively under rated and gets sold shot. At the end of the 49-0 is not a joke and he took plenty of punishment to get there. Even though his victory against Joe Louis was against a faded version but even Louis conceeded after the bout that he doubts whether he would have been able to beat Marciano in his prime.