Thread: Marciano's KO of Walcott

Excellent video of Marciano's famous KO. Walcott was instantly out cold from the punch, it's makes me wonder why the ref even bothered to count. Say what you want about Marciano, but the Italian muther-fucker could punch. If i'm not mistaken, this KO was in the 13th round of a 15 round fight that Rocky was losing.
I like the way Marciano shuffled in and set himself before throwing his big right hand (Suzie Q) with everything on it. BTW, i'm glad Walcott was OK when he woke up after the punch. (he probably didn't feel a thing, but had a horrible headache the next day)

That little, quick double shuffle Marciano does to set distance was pretty wasn't it? The Rock didn't often do things technically well. But those times he did? The results were always explosive.

Anamazingly powerful man to weigh only 185 pounds.

Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

That little, quick double shuffle Marciano does to set distance was pretty wasn't it? The Rock didn't often do things technically well. But those times he did? The results were always explosive.

Anamazingly powerful man to weigh only 185 pounds.

I've always like this quote by Mark Twain:

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

It's also the reason why a pit bull can destroy a much bigger dog, despite his smaller size, he's solid muscle, powerful & built to fight, he's also totally fearless & confident, and will fight to the death.

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

That little, quick double shuffle Marciano does to set distance was pretty wasn't it? The Rock didn't often do things technically well. But those times he did? The results were always explosive.

Anamazingly powerful man to weigh only 185 pounds.

I've always like this quote by Mark Twain:

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

It's also the reason why a pit bull can destroy a much bigger dog, despite his smaller size, he's solid muscle, powerful & built to fight, he's also totally fearless & confident, and will fight to the death.

Pretty fair description of Marciano right there.

One of my favorite KO's of all time! Marciano just never gave up...his nose was split open and he was almost stopped in the 12th if I'm not mistaken.

Walcott was a very cagey, tough fighter.

And still.........Marciano fought old men past past prime.

Originally Posted by El Kabong

One of my favorite KO's of all time! Marciano just never gave up...his nose was split open and he was almost stopped in the 12th if I'm not mistaken.

Walcott was a very cagey, tough fighter.

The split nose thing happened in his 2nd fight with Ezzard Charles, he came back to KO Charles in the 8th round.

Originally Posted by GOAT

And still.........Marciano fought old men past past prime. Just aks Joe Louis.

Seriously GOAT, can the homo shit.

Originally Posted by El Kabong

One of my favorite KO's of all time! Marciano just never gave up...his nose was split open and he was almost stopped in the 12th if I'm not mistaken.
Walcott was a very cagey, tough fighter.

That was the second Ezzard Charles fight. Al Berl gave him one more round. 90 seconds later Charles was counted out.

Originally Posted by GOAT

And still.........Marciano fought old men past past prime. Just aks Joe Louis.

This is such a distorted view. Marciano wrecked the division and I defy anyone to find a fight where Walcott was better than he was in the first fight with the Rock. Moore was 175 champ for another seven years after Rocky stopped him.

What's with the gay silliness by the way? You think that adds something here?

Walcott only weighed 12 pounds heavier than rock did in the first fight and 13 pounds heavier in the second fight. 1 inch height advantage and 7 inch wingspan advantage. Vlad gets a hell of a lot more advantage than that in most of his fights.

Originally Posted by awdleyfuturehalloffamer

Walcott only weighed 12 pounds heavier than rock did in the first fight and 13 pounds heavier in the second fight. 1 inch height advantage and 7 inch wingspan advantage. Vlad gets a hell of a lot more advantage than that in most of his fights.

So what's your point?

That was a brutal KO for sure but Rocky did not have to hit him again, this is not MMA. Rocky was a dirty fighter.

Originally Posted by Master

That was a brutal KO for sure but Rocky did not have to hit him again, this is not MMA. Rocky was a dirty fighter.

How often is the guy draped over the ropes and unconscious? No real way for Rock to see that.

And yes, Rock was a dirty fighter.

Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

Originally Posted by Master

That was a brutal KO for sure but Rocky did not have to hit him again, this is not MMA. Rocky was a dirty fighter.

How often is the guy draped over the ropes and unconscious? No real way for Rock to see that.

And yes, Rock was a dirty fighter.

Everyone could see Jersey was not getting up and Rocky still gave him a left hook for good measure.

His beating of Don Cockell was dirty and brutal.