Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
Rocky like Joe Calzaghe retired at the right time. He was too old for Floyd and Johannson. Also forget about Liston who would have brutalised him.
not too old for lil' floyd. and if he was olding around the edges, his old punch would still have crystallized lil' floyd's chandelier chin.

jahanssen wasnt in the spotlight in 56 that I know of anyway. hadnt fought outside of stockholm or gothenborg sweden in his life until he went to nyc in 59. that fight couldnt have been made in 56 or even 57 bcuz the guy was virtually unknown outside of sweden.

as for sonny boy, he was a jailbird at the time I believe, so that fight couldnt have been made either.

I think Nino Valdes wouldve been a clear challenge for Rocky and it wouldve been a great fight, with Rocky winning by late stoppage.

I believe Rocky told the truth when he said he felt like he still had "2 or 3 more good fights" left in him. That would take him into early 1957. Like I said he would have to fight those "2 or 3 fights" rather quickly, no way could he fight once every 7 months. He would have had to have fought in early '56, then late '56 right after without getting too out of shape, and his Gran Finale had to be no later than Spring or early Summer '57.

I truly believe in June of 1957 nobody still could have licked Rocky. But if he tried pushing into 1958 I will agree with his crouching style he would have been burnt out.