Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
It's pointless to keep arguing about it because it's a hypothetical fight. Both fighters were great, to call Rocky "good" is a blasphemy he was 49(43 KO)-0-0 ....to go undefeated in nearly 50 fights is pretty damned special and it's not like he was dodging anyone either.

Also IF Sugar Ray Robinson could beat Marciano (you said it not me) why not Joe Louis? I mean if we're going to go down the road of "Sugar Ray Robinson was so great it didn't matter how big his opponent was" then let's push the envelope. How big and how great do you have to be to beat Sugar Ray Robinson? I could think of several fighters that would have given Ray fits at his own weight class and one can certainly make the same case about Marciano, but given Rocky's small stature he wouldn't even be a heavyweight these days.
Now you're just putting words in my mouth: I never said he was so great he would beat anyone regardless of size, I just said it was *possible* that he could have won against Marciano with the right strategy, and if you read my posts you would have noticed I also said the most likely end to a fight between these two would be Marciano knocking Robinson out.