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.
Undefeated records can always be argued with; Like Rocky ducking Floyd Patterson. I think every fighter is good compared to Robinson who to me in his prime was freaking amazing. Most of Sugar Ray's losses were in his late 30's and 40's when he was already spent and heat was the only 1 to knock him out. Like it has been said before its a hypothetical fight against 2 fighters of equal size and I stand by Ray beating Rocky in this 1.