Quote Originally Posted by Vendettos View Post
La Starza Marciano 3.

Or at the very least La Starza 2 should have been an instant rematch instead of the 3 and a half year wait.

Not sure how many of you know this but La Starza Marciano 1 by today's rules would have been a draw, one judge gave it to La Starza, another to Marciano and the last one a Draw.

But back then, in New York, the ref got the deciding vote and he had Marciano up.

referee: Jack Watson 5-5 | judge: Arthur Schwartz 5-4 | judge: Artie Aidala 4-5
Under New York's supplemental scoring system referee Watson had Marciano winning 9-6, so Marciano was awarded a split decision.
but Rocky fucked him up so bad in the rematch that a 3rd fight was out of the question I think La Starza had some nerve damage in the elbows and bone chips too. He probably wopuldnt have wanted a 3rd fight.