Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Quote Originally Posted by ROCKY MARSHMELLOW
He beat every man he faced and he faced everyone that was willing to face him !!
So did Marciano but people still hate him...Sometimes it doesn't matter what your record is for some people won't be pleased. There are always if's, but's, and so on.

If Tyson fought Lewis on the moon....

But Bowe didn't fight Lewis because Lennox had an ugly haircut....

Rocky could have fought Liston, Ali, and Former US Senator Strom Thurmond but he was scared of them and stayed retired


wrong. marciano first retired because he not going 2 get enough money 2 fight the same people he already fought. plus his promoter took half his paycheck, (who rocky hated) and didnt want that scumbag to take anymore of his money. plus charles severly injured his nose. so after retiring for a couple of yrs. marciano lost his groove, now there would be big money involved to fight liston. so they beg to come and fight liston. ali wasnt even considered rocky prob about 37 yrs old now. realizes he is not what he used 2 b, because of his retirement. rocky knew liston was tough, and prob knew he couldnt win. and if he did lose, they would say " liston just beat an old man" just like hes been criticized for defeating joe louis. if liston fought thr rock when the rock was champ..rock would have accepted the fight and liston would have surly lost. rocky was SMART not scared. he said "comming out of retirement didnt do any good 4 louis, and ive learned from that". point being if ali(who wasnt even considered), liston or patterson had challenged him when he was champ....marciano would have accepted!