Rocky Marciano's Underrated Defense

[generalbulldog]

Most boxing fans often envision an Marciano with a face first defense when they think of the great HW champ, a sort of HW version of Arturo Gatti that was all blood and guts and having no kind of defense.

This video debunks that myth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b0yHvw-vW0

[Snakey]

This video makes him look like a mayweather lol But i have seen him take some big punches and not using great defense.

[El Kabong]

Sultan Ibragimov used a passive Marciano inspired defense vs Wladimir Klitschko.....when you bend down at the waist and create that odd angle you can be hard to hit, but Rocky wasn't a great defensive fighter, he maybe catches too much blame but the guy wasn't known for his defense and with his record of 49 wins and 46 KO's of course he's not going ot be known for defense.

It's like saying the Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys teams of the 1990's should be known for their fantastic Special Teams play instead of Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin, et al.

[amat]

Even in the video when he's making those punches miss he's still not always employing great effective defense, no one gets hit ALL the time. He did get hit his fair share though plus he was fairly prone to cuts which obviously hamper anyone's defense. He was an offensive fighter though and I think sometimes underrated in that regard.

[CutMeMick]

Whoever made that video he/she pulled it out of their ass...

I'm sorry but Marciano comes nowhere near being a name that arises during a talk about defensive fighters...

Anyone can take snip its and pieces from fights and cut them up and make Gatti or even someone like Yaqui Lopez look like a defensive fighter.

But we all know that's not the case, Rocky was a straight forward fighter who crouched/bent at the waist leaning in an angle. Defense was not his forte and we all know that we don't need videos trying to prove it other wise all you have to do is watch his fights (which I've seen plenty) to see his defense is OK at best.

[Andre]

Tough little fellow, for a heavyweight.

[joe smith]

This video makes him look like a mayweather lol But i have seen him take some big punches and not using great defense.

People who hype up fighters based on highlights only are idiots