Thread: Rare Archie Moore/Rocky Marciano interviews

Good find, both pugs were really humble and respectful to each other in the interviews. This was a really good fight and a big event at the time, Marciano knocked down and hurt early by Moore and then coming back to take Archie out and retain the HW Crown in the later rounds.

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

Good find, both pugs were really humble and respectful to each other in the interviews. This was a really good fight and a big event at the time, Marciano knocked down and hurt early by Moore and then coming back to take Archie out and retain the HW Crown in the later rounds.

You said it Mars. What a war.

If you bring this up on youtube a related link shows an interview with Ali discussing Rocky and he said that Rock probably could have beat him. This was more than a little surprising coming from him. Anyone actually but especially him.

yeahn I think thats more to do with the respect Ali had in reality for heavyweight legends (which Rocky undeniably is, even if he is overrated). He was privately at least very respectful towards them. I also suspecthe may have been trying to generate interest in their 'computer fight'? not sure if the dates tally up. I'm pretty sure Ali knows he would have taken Marciano over 15 rounds.

Ali was very respectful towards Joe Louis too, but in public did slur him (why anyone would slur poor Joe in his darkest years is beyond me, such a hero who actually would outboxed Ali).

The only 'legend' he was unrepentantly disrespectful to as far as I know was Jack Dempsey, who if we are being honest deserves being taken down a couple of pegs for only fighting half his contenders.- Ali was spot on there.


great video though! Wish they could get converted to colour.

Originally Posted by frasd

If you bring this up on youtube a related link shows an interview with Ali discussing Rocky and he said that Rock probably could have beat him. This was more than a little surprising coming from him. Anyone actually but especially him.

No doubt Rocky would punish Ali to the body so badly he would be crippled and unable to dance about by the 5th round or so, and Rock would annihilate him, as Ali could not stand his ground and punch with a fighter crouching and sailing missiles into his appendix and spleen like Marciano would do. Just watching Rocky at 46 wailing punches to Ali's midsection on that computer fight, ou can see his power was WAY WAY WAY more than Frazier's, and Ali would have withered under the assault. Nobody can beat Rocky Marciano. Ever. If Marciano ever landed a straight right onto Lennox Lewis' bicep, it would separate from the bone and Lewis would be out.

Brockton don't be silly i know your Rocky Marciano fan, but unbeatable ? no far from it. And many guys pounded Muhammad Ali's body and it did nothing at all. Rocky Marciano never beat one great Heavyweight in there prime where as Muhammad Ali did and proved himself, Rocky Marciano never looked unbeatable he was knocked down/cut/hurt by former Light Heavyweights.

Guys like Holmes, Ali, would bust up Rocky Marciano so bad. Can you imagine a prime Larry Holmes 6'3 215 pounds, ramming that piston like left jab on 5'10 Rocky Marciano ?

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Just watching Rocky at 46 wailing punches to Ali's midsection on that computer fight,.

this kind of content just makes your post look like its been posted on hallucinogens.

We are talking about boxing, not Strictly Come Dancing. In fact thats an insult to strictly come dancing!

only way Marciano beats Ali is with a lucky punch in maybe 1 out of 4 fights with him.