ALI v MARCIANO ...

[leftylee]

Who would win the ultimate heavyweight battle between Muhammed Ali v Rocky Marciano.

What a great fight that would have been.

Very close to call but I think Marciano on points..

What do u think?

[ICB]

Who would win the ultimate heavyweight battle between Muhammed Ali v Rocky Marciano.

What a great fight that would have been.

Very close to call but I think Marciano on points..

What do u think?

Ali wins wide ud if Jersey Joe Walcott could outbox Rocky for almost 13 rounds Ali would aswell

[Samson3000]

Ali makes Marciano look stupid in the ring. Total shutout, if not a TKO.

[fightme]

Marciano no contest; he had too much power for Alis weak body. Once the foot work is gone Ali is gone.
Marciano TKO 10th round.

[ICB]

Marciano no contest; he had too much power for Alis weak body. Once the foot work is gone Ali is gone.
Marciano TKO 10th round.

Ali had weak body ?? he took Frazier's bombs to stomach and Foreman's bombs to stomach don't know where you got that from Marciano is too slow to catch very agile Ali.

[Poom]

Marciano no contest; he had too much power for Alis weak body. Once the foot work is gone Ali is gone.
Marciano TKO 10th round.

Ali had weak body ?? he took Frazier's bombs to stomach and Foreman's bombs to stomach don't know where you got that from Marciano is too slow to catch very agile Ali.

agreed ice cold, especially on the weak body part, Ali took bombs there from the best and survived np

[fightme]

Marciano no contest; he had too much power for Alis weak body. Once the foot work is gone Ali is gone.
Marciano TKO 10th round.

Ali had weak body ?? he took Frazier's bombs to stomach and Foreman's bombs to stomach don't know where you got that from Marciano is too slow to catch very agile Ali.

agreed ice cold, especially on the weak body part, Ali took bombs there from the best and survived np

good point but frazier and foreman aren't marciano

[the big K]

Ali makes Marciano look stupid in the ring. Total shutout, if not a TKO.

Rocky out boxed

[DarkDestroyer]

I admire Marciano a lot but this would be a mismatch
Ali by UD (by a landslide)

[VictorCharlie]

Ali wins..fight stopped in the 11th from cuts

[Punisher136]

This is a tough pick. You have the best technical heavyweight versus the all time worst technical heavyweight. Ali had a tough body and if we're talking prime vs. prime here, ali would easily move around the ring against marciano. One of the greatest factors into ali's defense was not his upper body movement but the fact that people were afraid to commit to punches because when they threw a punch they had to worry about his jab. Marciano didn't give a damn how fast or how many times you hit him he made it apparent before every fight that he was expecting to get hit a fair amount of times but he was 100% convicted to every punch he threw. Marciano could catch ali several times and win on points generated by knockdowns, ali could win on cuts, ali could win a one sided decision, marciano could throw a twin punch to the greatest punch ever thrown and end the thing in one punch at any time.

All that said, prime for prime, Marciano wins a very very close decision. Neither man was ever stopped (ali wasn't stopped until after he had parkinsons) and both had a lot of heart but if you're a boxer, you're nightmare scenario of an opponent is a guy that hits with tremendous force, has an inability to be hurt, and has the stamina to throw bomb after bomb round after round.

[ICB]

This is a tough pick. You have the best technical heavyweight versus the all time worst technical heavyweight. Ali had a tough body and if we're talking prime vs. prime here, ali would easily move around the ring against marciano. One of the greatest factors into ali's defense was not his upper body movement but the fact that people were afraid to commit to punches because when they threw a punch they had to worry about his jab. Marciano didn't give a damn how fast or how many times you hit him he made it apparent before every fight that he was expecting to get hit a fair amount of times but he was 100% convicted to every punch he threw. Marciano could catch ali several times and win on points generated by knockdowns, ali could win on cuts, ali could win a one sided decision, marciano could throw a twin punch to the greatest punch ever thrown and end the thing in one punch at any time.

All that said, prime for prime, Marciano wins a very very close decision. Neither man was ever stopped (ali wasn't stopped until after he had parkinsons) and both had a lot of heart but if you're a boxer, you're nightmare scenario of an opponent is a guy that hits with tremendous force, has an inability to be hurt, and has the stamina to throw bomb after bomb round after round.

Walcott was outboxing Marciano for 13 rounds i don't see why Ali couldn't do same Ali in 60s is too agile for the small and slow Marciano.

[Punisher136]

This is a tough pick. You have the best technical heavyweight versus the all time worst technical heavyweight. Ali had a tough body and if we're talking prime vs. prime here, ali would easily move around the ring against marciano. One of the greatest factors into ali's defense was not his upper body movement but the fact that people were afraid to commit to punches because when they threw a punch they had to worry about his jab. Marciano didn't give a damn how fast or how many times you hit him he made it apparent before every fight that he was expecting to get hit a fair amount of times but he was 100% convicted to every punch he threw. Marciano could catch ali several times and win on points generated by knockdowns, ali could win on cuts, ali could win a one sided decision, marciano could throw a twin punch to the greatest punch ever thrown and end the thing in one punch at any time.

All that said, prime for prime, Marciano wins a very very close decision. Neither man was ever stopped (ali wasn't stopped until after he had parkinsons) and both had a lot of heart but if you're a boxer, you're nightmare scenario of an opponent is a guy that hits with tremendous force, has an inability to be hurt, and has the stamina to throw bomb after bomb round after round.

Walcott was outboxing Marciano for 13 rounds i don't see why Ali couldn't do same Ali in 60s is too agile for the small and slow Marciano.

yeah he out boxed marciano for 12 1/2 rounds but guess what, it was a 15 round fight.

[Punisher136]

In terms of legacy, opposition faced, and any number of intangible stats, Ali is clearly the best champion the division has ever seen. But we're not talking about title reigns, we're talking about one fight. I don't care who you are, marciano is your worst case scenario for an opponent.


If i had to fight one of them i'd flip a coin because its a losing situation either way. Heads you get so hard with one punch that you have post traumatic stress disorder when you wake up and you don't wanna be near anything leather or red for the rest or your life. Tails you get hit with so many punches that are spot on accurate that when something flashes past your face afterwards you assume the fetal position.

[ICB]

In terms of legacy, opposition faced, and any number of intangible stats, Ali is clearly the best champion the division has ever seen. But we're not talking about title reigns, we're talking about one fight. I don't care who you are, marciano is your worst case scenario for an opponent.


If i had to fight one of them i'd flip a coin because its a losing situation either way. Heads you get so hard with one punch that you have post traumatic stress disorder when you wake up and you don't wanna be near anything leather or red for the rest or your life. Tails you get hit with so many punches that are spot on accurate that when something flashes past your face afterwards you assume the fetal position.

Ali has fought tough brwalers like Marciano and has come out on top im not biggest fan of Ali but Ali would beat Marciano by ud imo.