Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
I will argue this to the end, but Marciano was more like Cotto than like Tyson in terms of his punch. He would break guys down round after round, and then he would be able to KO them. Also to Nick it wasn't that he didn't fight everyone that was available as much as there was nobody available when he fought... Ezzard Charles was really old, and a naturally smaller guy in the first place, Joe Louis was comming out of retirement and he was really old. Walcott was already very old as well, and I might add that he was really outboxing Marciano, but he just was too old. IMO Marciano was in one of the weakest divisions the heavyweight has seen probably third after the heavyweight division a couple of years ago, and the holmes reign division.
I agree that he broke down guys over time with pressure like Cotto, but Suzy Q had more 1-punch KO power than Cotto's left hook. Like you said, Walcott was pretty much outboxing Marciano until Rocky set him up with that little feint jab and put Suzy Q flush on Walcott's jaw. I'm not sure Cotto has that kind of nuclear bomb in arsenal, but Miguel Cotto is probably all around boxer than Rocky was. He did fight in a weaker era, for sure, but he had one of the all time great right hands and chin to go with it. That makes him a threat in any era.