Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
Pender beat Robinson and so did Turpin. Lamotta beat him the first time they fought. These fights have little or nothing to do with a Marciano match-up
They have plenty to do with it because Basillio was small for a middleweight and he out hustled and out muscled the bigger stronger Robinson....granted Gene Fullmer was felled by SRR and he was more of a bruiser, but Rocky was bigger & stronger and punched a hell of a lot harder 49 wins 43 KO's 100% of them at heavyweight. Now if we said Spinks vs Rokcy or Bob Foster or Dick Tiger or Holyfield or Qawi or Bert Cooper then it's on more even terms for a matchup with Rocky, but Robinson?!?!? COME ON MAN!