Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
If Rocky could have competed he would have fought Patterson but probably could not stand straight to train because of his back to even consider fighting Floyd. He would have wanted to have that 50th fight. If he had beaten Floyd would it have improved his legacy probably but then there would always be another challenge like Liston, then Ali...This is why Lennox retired at the right time, there is always another fight out there and you have to find the right time to stop and commit to it.

not sure his back was really fucked up or if he just wanted no part of Al Weill anymore. Besides taking 50% of his purse each fight, Weill made a cool 100 thousand dollars on the side by betting on the Marciano-Cockell fight in San Francisco and when Rocky found out he wanted to kill him.