Rocky Marciano: a Fighter who left his SOUL in the ring

[brocktonblockbust]

Marciano fought bums for over half his career.

His record against real opposition is 18-0.

18-0 with about 15 KOs............. not too shabby, eh?

[brocktonblockbust]

@Dia bando can you count the punches?

@walrus who throws this many these days?

@Gandalf does this inspire you?

@TitoFan check out the energy level!

[Master]

Rocky reminds me of a baseball player with a bomb of a susy q in his hands.

[TitoFan]

Marciano fought bums for over half his career.

His record against real opposition is 18-0.

18-0 with about 15 KOs............. not too shabby, eh?

The question is whether he fought bums because a) that's all that was available at the time, or whether b) he fought bums while running from better fighters. I'd guess the answer is "a", so it's academic, really. He fought what was available. He may not have been a smooth boxer, but he was fierce and constantly pressed the action, making him a huge crowd favorite.

[ruthless rocco]

marciano record.jpg

This pathetic list is only an example of the shit competition Marciano fought.
These were fights 28-35 in his "legendary" career.
His first 24 fights were equally terrible.
Surely 49-0-0 ain't that hard if all you face is garbage...

[Bill Paxtom]

Rocky Marciano

Like an Old Northeast Football Team with a 'bruiser' Fullback.

Every play 4-Yards, and a bowl-of-dust.

He just kept coming forward, daring you to stop him.

And, you couldn't.

[beenKOed]

marciano record.jpg

This pathetic list is only an example of the shit competition Marciano fought.
These were fights 28-35 in his "legendary" career.
His first 24 fights were equally terrible.
Surely 49-0-0 ain't that hard if all you face is garbage...

He fought what was there, Mister Dingleberry. Plus he did it in half the time Floyd did. Think about it, the man was a warhorse, a pitbull, a fighting machine, a dynamo, and probably didn't think about complaining.

[powerpuncher]

Who?

[ruthless rocco]

marciano record.jpg

This pathetic list is only an example of the shit competition Marciano fought.
These were fights 28-35 in his "legendary" career.
His first 24 fights were equally terrible.
Surely 49-0-0 ain't that hard if all you face is garbage...

He fought what was there, Mister Dingleberry. Plus he did it in half the time Floyd did. Think about it, the man was a warhorse, a pitbull, a fighting machine, a dynamo, and probably didn't think about complaining.

WOW!!! He was so great he beat a bunch of shit filled tomato cans in half the time huh?

Congratulations to him and you! He's the perfect hero for all you dim witted losers!

[Gandalf]

marciano record.jpg

This pathetic list is only an example of the shit competition Marciano fought.
These were fights 28-35 in his "legendary" career.
His first 24 fights were equally terrible.
Surely 49-0-0 ain't that hard if all you face is garbage...

Good to see you finally telling some truth about Mayweather at the end of your post.

I have no issue with Marciano's career. He fought some bums and he fought some very good fighters. Unlike Mayweather he couldn't run up and down the weights avoiding fighters, he just fought who he could in the division available to him a little bit like Wlad does today.

Marciano was a limited HW in that he wasn't very big or tall or technical, but he always found a way and you have to respect that. I respect Mayweather in a similar way, but think he cherry picked the last decade of his career and is plain boring and ugly to watch.

[Dia bando]

Rocky 49 wins not defeats, hell of a record tough SOB's back then they fought once or twice a month
not one or twice a year, like this bunch now a human pit bull old Rocky.

[powerpuncher]

The weird thing with Marciano is that his toughest competition was not only old, but also small. For some reason all of the big HWs had taken a break for a while. Not that size is everything but he was pretty small and fortunate he didn't fight a decade later against guys 20-30 pounds bigger than him.

[beenKOed]

marciano record.jpg

This pathetic list is only an example of the shit competition Marciano fought.
These were fights 28-35 in his "legendary" career.
His first 24 fights were equally terrible.
Surely 49-0-0 ain't that hard if all you face is garbage...

Good to see you finally telling some truth about Mayweather at the end of your post.

I have no issue with Marciano's career. He fought some bums and he fought some very good fighters. Unlike Mayweather he couldn't run up and down the weights avoiding fighters, he just fought who he could in the division available to him a little bit like Wlad does today.

Marciano was a limited HW in that he wasn't very big or tall or technical, but he always found a way and you have to respect that. I respect Mayweather in a similar way, but think he cherry picked the last decade of his career and is plain boring and ugly to watch.

Well said sir. Everyone knows, I've said it before, Marciano couldn't have fought competitively against the big heavyweights that began appearing in the 60s.
He would be fighting as a cruiserweight today. Who knows if he fought once a year and had a good conditioning coach he might even be able to catchweight a fight at super middleweight. Hell, Joe Frazier was taller than Marciano!
He was lucky enough to fight when he did and he made the most of it, what more can you ask of a fighter?
Most pro fighters start out fighting tomato cans as some call them, it will probably be that way forever, how else could they become experienced? Did Marciano ever say he was the best ever?
Floyd Mayweather is a different can of worms altogether. Floyd tells everyone who will listen he is the best ever. That makes him fair game for everyone. That's an invitation to one an all to discuss his greatness and every piece of F*CKERY he pulled during his career. Floyd has accomplished more in boxing than any other fighter so far, nobody can argue about that, but is he the best ever in the ring? That's under discussion.

[IamInuit]

How many atg's Floyd beat?
When did he fight them?
What were the circumstances?
How many of Floyds opponents would make it through to the top in pasts eras?

Statistics are there to serve other statistics. Attempting to ridicule one ATG to make the case for another is a slippery slope.

[ruthless rocco]

Not sure why Floyd is being brought into this thread...
His haters are just obsessed with him and can't stop mentioning him.