Why are Rocky Marciano fan's so delusional?

[max baer]

I claim nothing.
A few weeks after knocking out Foreman Ali gave an exhibition in London as an added attraction to a fight bill.He sparred with the British champion,and another fighter .I was present ,though a little chubby Ali looked great his reflexes were spot on and when he momentarily opened up on Gardner he made him look amateurish.
No purse bids were ever in place for a rematch and certainly $ 10m was never on the table, at that time Zaire was a one off.
Pacheco never had any say in the choice of Ali's opponents,so little was he listened to that when he sent copies of Ali's physical examination to Herbert and Dundee he was ignored.

You just carry on being the Forum's Fool it's what you are good at,and leave the boxing talk to the adults

i will defend queeny. i know he winds people up but to be honest he does talk a lot of truth just it's often unpalatable truth. I have looked a few things up and he is right what he says. He talks from a position of knowledge and he should be considered as such. this is true for a number of people on here they know their boxing too just that queensbury points out truths that people don't always stomach too well.

[Ivich]

i will defend queeny. i know he winds people up but to be honest he does talk a lot of truth just it's often unpalatable truth. I have looked a few things up and he is right what he says. He talks from a position of knowledge and he should be considered as such. this is true for a number of people on here they know their boxing too just that queensbury points out truths that people don't always stomach too well.

You are entitled to like the content of any poster, imo he posts unsubstantiated rubbish,which again he is entitled to do,just as I am entitled to dismiss it as crap.
This is an example of his fairy tales.

" Yup. Ferdie and Herbert forbid the $10/ split purse rematch they got for the first because of the permanent damage done to him."


Another below which was disproved by George Kimball and Margaret Goodman MD who examined Wlad in the ring and later that night.


"- Clearly Wlad was drugged in a fight that had been a cakewalk where he scarcely took a shot. The post fight medical report reads like a horror movie."

[mrbig1]

The average weight of Johnsons challengers was the highest until Joe Louis retired.
Jeffries did not lose 100lbs.
Q . Which fat middleweights did Johnson fight?
Q. Ketchel was five feet nine and weighed 170lbs for Johnson do you see any fat on him in the film of their fight?
Q. How about Burns? Does he look fat in their fight?
Some of Johnson's opponents.
Willard 238
Jeffries 227
Martin 203
Ferguson 210
Kaufman 191
Jeannette 185
Hart 195
Munroe 220+
Kennedy 200+
Ross 214
Flynn194
Wright 211
Moran 203
Smith 197
Lester 225
Johnson 223

Q.Now point out where I said Marciano sucks?

You decided to add your 2 cents here.
Now would you be so kind as to answer my 4 questions please?

I wasn't talking about you my groovy friend. that's not my style to belittle someone. It's the code of the pothead.

[Anthony342]

it is worth remembering that in the hw division marciano was the last great white hope and that was the case for many years. that was joked about in comedy that white men have to look back all those years to a white hw champion and it angered some people. this sums it up!!!!! i went to see this film in the cinema and we laughed so hard, this was murphy at his best. the last great white hope and in the eighties that was so the case.

Some of the best boxing discussions ever. And the Arsenio Hall character is right. Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest fighter who ever lived. And Joe Louis is considered the best among old timers of that generation, while later generations will say Muhammad Ali, based on resume and being the first to win the lineal title 3 times. Barry Blaustein, who co-wrote Coming to America, probably wrote those boxing discussion scenes, as he's a life long sports fan who also wrote and directed the documentary Beyond The Mat years later. "F*** you, F*** You and F*** YOU, whose next?" is one of the best lines in movie history . I'm pretty sure this is one of the movies my parents took me to see at the now defunct Westbury Drive In.

[mrbig1]

every time a white man talks boxing, they pull Rocky Marciano out their ass. that's their one. Rocky beat Louis. Joe was 137 years old. now that's gold. Louis does have a better resume. 12 years as champion. 25 title defenses. We have to understand when Ali beat Foreman Lyle Shavers and many others. He was past his prime. He beat Foreman 10 years after beating Liston both were consider unbeatable at the time. back to Rocky. 49-0 with 43 KO's about says it all. yes, Lewis can beat Jim Corbett. Does that mean Corbett was overrated? You can't put one era vs another with 100 years between them. Let's just appreciate what they did in their era.

[Willie Pep 229]

Some of the best boxing discussions ever. And the Arsenio Hall character is right. Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest fighter who ever lived. And Joe Louis is considered the best among old timers of that generation, while later generations will say Muhammad Ali, based on resume and being the first to win the lineal title 3 times. Barry Blaustein, who co-wrote Coming to America, probably wrote those boxing discussion scenes, as he's a life long sports fan who also wrote and directed the documentary Beyond The Mat years later. "F*** you, F*** You and F*** YOU, whose next?" is one of the best lines in movie history . I'm pretty sure this is one of the movies my parents took me to see at the now defunct Westbury Drive In.

OK we're going to argue over best lines --> "There you go, there you go, everytime I start talking about boxing some white man has to pull Rocky Marciano out his ass."

If you have not had the chance, check out the boxing scence in My Favorite Year.

[max baer]

every time a white man talks boxing, they pull Rocky Marciano out their ass. that's their one. Rocky beat Louis. Joe was 137 years old. now that's gold. Louis does have a better resume. 12 years as champion. 25 title defenses. We have to understand when Ali beat Foreman Lyle Shavers and many others. He was past his prime. He beat Foreman 10 years after beating Liston both were consider unbeatable at the time. back to Rocky. 49-0 with 43 KO's about says it all. yes, Lewis can beat Jim Corbett. Does that mean Corbett was overrated? You can't put one era vs another with 100 years between them. Let's just appreciate what they did in their era.

very well said good sir

[max baer]

You are entitled to like the content of any poster, imo he posts unsubstantiated rubbish,which again he is entitled to do,just as I am entitled to dismiss it as crap.
This is an example of his fairy tales.

" Yup. Ferdie and Herbert forbid the $10/ split purse rematch they got for the first because of the permanent damage done to him."


Another below which was disproved by George Kimball and Margaret Goodman MD who examined Wlad in the ring and later that night.


"- Clearly Wlad was drugged in a fight that had been a cakewalk where he scarcely took a shot. The post fight medical report reads like a horror movie."

i don't agree with all says like he is wrong about fury as fury is a greatest contender and deserves the respect of the boxing world as he has never lost and has won every belt he could possibly win.
but i think he is right on other things. he likes to be rude to people but he is only jesting with us all. texan's are no nonsense shoot from the hip types.

[Ivich]

every time a white man talks boxing, they pull Rocky Marciano out their ass. that's their one. Rocky beat Louis. Joe was 137 years old. now that's gold. Louis does have a better resume. 12 years as champion. 25 title defenses. We have to understand when Ali beat Foreman Lyle Shavers and many others. He was past his prime. He beat Foreman 10 years after beating Liston both were consider unbeatable at the time. back to Rocky. 49-0 with 43 KO's about says it all. yes, Lewis can beat Jim Corbett. Does that mean Corbett was overrated? You can't put one era vs another with 100 years between them. Let's just appreciate what they did in their era.

What's Corbett's best win? Overated? Yes.

[Willie Pep 229]

What's Corbett's best win? Overated? Yes.

Could Corbett steal a 12 round decision from Lewis?

He took most of his tough fights into the late rounds before succumbing.

Facing a mere 12 rounds, was he schooled enough, fleet of foot enough, to keep Lewis off him and win a SD? E.g. Hagler-Leonard.

12 rounds would feel like half-a-fight to him.

It's a Long shot bet, but the "mere" 12 rounds makes it interesting.

P.S. Crowd would 'boo' but Corbett wouldn't understand why.