Prime Mike Tyson Vs Rocky Marciano

[hardrock]

A prime Mike Tyson would of cleaned the Rock's clock faster than you can cross a road. Rocky Marciano didn't have the movement of Tyson or the head/hand speed either.

Rocky Marciano isn't great and here's why:

1. Jersey Joe Walcot had his last 2 carer fights against Rocky before retiring i.e. was past his best when he met the Rock.

2. Archie Moore was 39 when he fought a 32 year old Rocky and Archie was past his best by then as well.

3. Joe Lewis last fight was against Rocky when he was well finished.

4. Couldn't box for sh*t!

5. Ringcraft was not good in comparison to Ali or Tyson.

[hardrock]

Prime Mike Tyson vs a Prime Rocky Marciano

[X]

All true points, but those things are not his fault. He fought everyone around and is the victim of the fact there was not a great rivalry to be had.

BUT ..... Rocky never lost so nobody can really see the circumstances in which he was beaten. He had one of the hardest punches in history, was supremely conditioned at all times, a real pro, and he had heart and guts that would shame many other great fighters. His chin and resilience was something to behold.

Whay would happen if Tyson came out and bombed him for five rounds, and the Rock was still there, chugging forward. I think something might short-circuit in Tyson's brain.

I like posts that debate who would have won between two great fighters, but not to the extent that the sole premise is to denigrate one of them!

[hardrock]

Float like a butterfly. sting like a bee, your hands can't hit what your eye's can't see - Muhammad Ali.

Tyson would see the telegraphed punches coming and move. And Rocky would feel twice as tired from the missing and get hit. TKO for Iron Mike.

[ethanpiazza]

eh, mike had no heart or character. a couple of good shots from rocky and tyson would b finished

[hardrock]

Lets look at this like pundits.

Rocky was flat footed. He didn't move around the ring quickly.

Tyson would know when he came forward, start a combo and rocky the Rock.

If Tyson did this enough, there is a good chance he could TKO the Rock or

daze the Rock and shoot scoring punches.

[the phenom]

eh, mike had no heart or character. a couple of good shots from rocky and tyson would b finished

mike actually has huge character and heart weird statement by you to say that ....................
rocky is way to old school he stands and hoped for the best when he throws a punch tyson had tachnique and good movemnt i got rocky gettin his ass beat ... no disrespect to the legend but he is an old school fighter the sprts evolved

[spekterscript]

Agreed that Iron Mike had a better mastery of the fundamentals than the Brockton Blockbuster but prime Tyson went into his fights to seek and destroy his opponents so that might not matter as much as some might think. Regardless of what some may say about Rocky's competition (which is by no means any fault of Marciano) he took on all comers and had tremendous power, chin, and heart. He had the chin to stay with Mike for several rounds and he had the power to catch Tyson with a KO punch. I think that this one could go either way.

[cockey cockney]

Marciano is DEF a great boxer, to suggest otherwise is darft. And IMO he is one of the greatest of all time. I take a Prime Tyson in this one though, but then again i take a prime Tyson against anyone!

[ICB]

i think tyson because he was overall better fighter and had better technique im not normally the one that sides with tyson but in this case im going with a tyson win

[paddy448]

yeah would go with tyson on this one seen alot of there fights. marciano always with a punchers chance tho

[beerjelly]

Completely different eras. The sports so different to when rocky fought. Also hes gotta be a hell of a lot smaller than Tyson. Not even a close fight if you ask me.

[ethanpiazza]

eh, mike had no heart or character. a couple of good shots from rocky and tyson would b finished

mike actually has huge character and heart weird statement by you to say that ....................

he showed no charcter whatsoever when he lost to douglass, he quit on his stoll agaisnt mccline when he, and he wasnt injured, he just didnt feel like fight anymore. he bit holyfeilds ear(real class act), hes tried to break fighters arms. he is a loser and a bum, im glad hes doen fighting. marciano wouldve taken his shots, and when tyson realized that rocky was standing up to him, it would be buster douglas all over again.

[Taeth]

This isn't even a debate. Tyson is way better. Marciano against Joe Louis in his prime, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Bowe, Holyfield, Tyson, Lewis, Frazier, Foreman... any of those guys flaten him... He is a tiny heavyweight who was like lucky to fight in an even worse division than now, and any heavyweight great would destroy him. Tyson is faster, stronger, had a better defense, hit harder, Marciano is overwhelmed in all his best aspects, but his heart, and that isn't enough if a guy is enough better than you... think ODLH vs. Gatti or Mayweather vs. Gatti, and thats an example of this fight.

[beerjelly]

Tyson flattens him in a couple of minutes every time and thats not to say that Marciano was so bad, just that the sport has come so far since his time. Put all natural ability aside and just consider the advances in training techniques and the conditioning of the fighters - most boxers of today would surely beat most boxers of Marcianos time. Hell, back them most of them had full time jobs as well as their boxing career.