Quote Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
Quote Originally Posted by Sugar_Shaw
MARCIANO'S ERA WASN'T THE BEST SO I find it hard to rate him Top 25. Saddler beat Pep 4 ( i think) times and was a great featherweight, I think he deserves top 10 status.
But was Dempsey's era really any better ?? who did he beat except Jess Willard and Tommy Gibbons and few other decent hws like Georges Carpentier, Jack Sharkey,
Willard beat (however controversially) Jack Johnson. Sharkey, Gibbons and Carpentier are all good fighters. I rate all 3 of them better than Roland La Starza who until he was TKo'd was giving Marciano lots of trouble, in fact, judge Harold Barnes had it 5-5 in rounds at the time of the stoppage. Jersey Joe Walcott who is far from the greatest heavyweight was beating Marciano soundly for a long time in their fight. I'm sorry but Rocky is very overrated in my opinion because of THAT record.