Marciano was much dirtier than Benn and should have been DQ'd against Don Cockell

[Beanz]

Here is the legendary Randy Turpin as a middleweight stopping Cockell and then helping him back to his corner like a proper gentleman.

[Dark Lord Al]

I agree Marciano was a dirty fighter , also he wasn't that heavy , im sure Lolenga Mock would have given him hell , he once floored Haye you know.?
think about it.

[bradlee180]

Sounds like a case of some modern, sissified limpd!<k using today's criteria to judge the way a sport was 60 years ago...

[Beanz]

Sounds like a case of some modern, sissified limpd!<k using today's criteria to judge the way a sport was 60 years ago...

Yes I am sure that the article's writer Paul Thomas, A - Starr Boxing Reff for hundreds of fights and Judge who refereed the likes of well known softee Henry Cooper, would love to be described as modern or even sissified

[bradlee180]

Oh, I thought it was Paul Thomas the former porn-star turned porn-director...

In any case, clearly this old former Boxing ref and judge Paul Thomas has gone a little soft in the pate, happens with age...



Probably has several controversial scoring jobs in his past across the pond...

[bradlee180]

Y'know, that old fart tells on himself near the end of the article:

"A modern day referee, especially a British one, would almost certainly have disqualified Marciano and this is what referee Brown should have done."- Paul Thomas.

^That damn sure ain't impartiality coming from judge/ref paul thomas, he'll get no christmas card from me, by golly....

[IamInuit]

Y'know, that old fart tells on himself near the end of the article:

"A modern day referee, especially a British one, would almost certainly have disqualified Marciano and this is what referee Brown should have done."- Paul Thomas.

^That damn sure ain't impartiality coming from judge/ref paul thomas, he'll get no christmas card from me, by golly....

There is no way that Marciano gets away with punching people on the hips, elbows, forearms, shoulders and biceps today regardless of where the ref is from.

[Freedom]

Paul Thomas is one of the worst boxing judges ever.

His scores in Chambers-Dimitrenko, Huck-Arslan, Calzaghe-Reid, and M'Baye-Kotelnik II were not indicative of what actually happened in those fights.

[X]

Marciano was a fighter. undefeated heavyweight champ. He'd have been an even better fighter if the ring was half the size, or if each fighter had their ankles tied together

He battered poor Don all over the ring and was vastly the superior fighter.

[brocktonblockbust]

Marciano was a fighter. undefeated heavyweight champ. He'd have been an even better fighter if the ring was half the size, or if each fighter had their ankles tied together

He battered poor Don all over the ring and was vastly the superior fighter.

good points. yes he did and yes he was

[Beanz]

Paul Thomas is a bit of a plank, Rocky was definitely the better fighter but he was no Randy Turpin, being both American and a heavyweight.

[brocktonblockbust]

Rocco kicked major ass

[Beanz]

I agree Marciano was a dirty fighter , also he wasn't that heavy , im sure Lolenga Mock would have given him hell , he once floored Haye you know.?
think about it.

Lolenga Mock could deck Godzilla, Chuvalo and Oliver Mcall all on the same night. It would be a total mismatch, the UN and Human Rights watch would never let it go ahead.