So ıf Lennox Lewıs (a heavyweıght for those who forgot) and a 184 pound Rocky Marcıano (another "heavyweıght") fought, who on thıs forum "wıth a clear conscıence" would claım that THAT would be a faır fıght as they are both lısted as heavyweıghts?

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

So ıf Lennox Lewıs (a heavyweıght for those who forgot) and a 184 pound Rocky Marcıano (another "heavyweıght") fought, who on thıs forum "wıth a clear conscıence" would claım that THAT would be a faır fıght as they are both lısted as heavyweıghts?

if it was by today's standards Rocky would have to gain 16 lbs and then the fight would go on, it's that simple, there weren't all these lights and supers at that time, there are now, it's not really that complicated

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

So ıf Lennox Lewıs (a heavyweıght for those who forgot) and a 184 pound Rocky Marcıano (another "heavyweıght") fought, who on thıs forum "wıth a clear conscıence" would claım that THAT would be a faır fıght as they are both lısted as heavyweıghts?

if it was by today's standards Rocky would have to gain 16 lbs and then the fight would go on, it's that simple, there weren't all these lights and supers at that time, there are now, it's not really that complicated

You don't actually have to weigh above the CW limit to fight as an HW.

Originally Posted by rjj tszyu

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

So ıf Lennox Lewıs (a heavyweıght for those who forgot) and a 184 pound Rocky Marcıano (another "heavyweıght") fought, who on thıs forum "wıth a clear conscıence" would claım that THAT would be a faır fıght as they are both lısted as heavyweıghts?

if it was by today's standards Rocky would have to gain 16 lbs and then the fight would go on, it's that simple, there weren't all these lights and supers at that time, there are now, it's not really that complicated

You don't actually have to weigh above the CW limit to fight as an HW.

oh I know, Jones only weighed 190 when he fought Ruiz, I just rounded it to 200 so that it would be 2 heavies by TODAY'S standards

By yesteryear's standards The Rock would take a brutal beating coming forward and never relenting. Truth be told the whole time he was on his feet people would still be expecting a miraculous KO... But fighting even at the old weights, Lennox would be fighting with today's methods... Fighting tall. Working off the jab. Pivoting and steering Rocky. It would be bad. (I'm a huge Marciano fan)

Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

By yesteryear's standards The Rock would take a brutal beating coming forward and never relenting. Truth be told the whole time he was on his feet people would still be expecting a miraculous KO... But fighting even at the old weights, Lennox would be fighting with today's methods... Fighting tall. Working off the jab. Pivoting and steering Rocky. It would be bad. (I'm a huge Marciano fan)

yea, also Marciano was always open for one of Lewis' best punches, the uppercut, and his was devastating

well thATS WHAT I WAS GETTING AT---IT just cant be seen as a faır fıght. ıt would be lıke aaron pryor fıghtıng marvın hagler or even worse.

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

well thATS WHAT I WAS GETTING AT---IT just cant be seen as a faır fıght. ıt would be lıke aaron pryor fıghtıng marvın hagler or even worse.

Jess Willard weighed an estimated 245 lbs against the 187 pound Jack Dempsey and well we all know how that fight ended, railroad spike is irrelevant, Jack handled the much bigger man with ease, it was a different time and fighters were just that, fighters, they didn't bitch and moan or ask for special weight divisions, once they started doing that well that's when we started getting all the supers and juniors