David Tua vs Rocky Marciano 15 rounds.

[Ambling Alp II]

Appreciate it RScarfl and please ignore the next person who commented his opinion after you replied to my comment because to us, he never understands the abilities and skills for those fighters of the past. Thanks anyway my man.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I just cannot envision Tua beating Marciano. Marciano was 5'10.5" and reach was 68". Tua is 5'10" and reach is 70." Marciano's KO percentage was about 88%. Tua's KO percentage was about 73%. Marciano trained on a 300 pound heavy bag. Thirteen boxers permanently retired from boxing after fighting him. He would throw a lot of punches per round, so it was not just that he possessed punching power.

This is a quote from Marciano's brother Peter: “Rocky fought a number of guys who were 30-40 pounds heavier than he was and those were his easiest fights. It was guys who were a little smaller, a little quicker, who threw punches in combinations that gave Rocky a more difficult time...The bigger they were, the easier it was for Rocky to tire them out and then to knock them out.” Tua and Marciano had similar height and reach. The weight difference was Tua's only advantage and it may not have been an advantage against Marciano.

Thanks and I never envision Tua beating Marciano too. Sometimes whenever they say bigger is better, but some other time it was the opposite that smaller is better, but with quick speed and power would give Marciano an advantage over the heavier Tua.

When a great fighter 200 or under fights a guy over 220, he wins more than 90% of the time.

[Seamus]

Ever since I heard the story that according to tests, Marciano punched with the force of an armor piercing bullet, and that it was enough to lift a 1000 lbs of weight a foot off the ground, I wondered how it could be possible for him in the previous year to land a multitude of clean shots on Ezzard Charles and not even be able to put him on the deck, when realistically speaking, if the tests were accurate, he should have been able to lift Charles 5 feet off the canvas with a good clean upper cut.

[HomicideHenry]

Ever since I heard the story that according to tests, Marciano punched with the force of an armor piercing bullet, and that it was enough to lift a 1000 lbs of weight a foot off the ground, I wondered how it could be possible for him in the previous year to land a multitude of clean shots on Ezzard Charles and not even be able to put him on the deck, when realistically speaking, if the tests were accurate, he should have been able to lift Charles 5 feet off the canvas with a good clean upper cut.

Largely the defensive ability of Charles where a lot of the shots were deflected or landed on his arms and gloves. Furthermore the surface area of the gloves versus the surface area of a bullet takes the edge off a bit. I'm reminded of those bean bag guns that the SWAT team uses where it hits with the concussive power of a heavyweight boxer basically.

[keithmoonhangover]

Ever since I heard the story that according to tests, Marciano punched with the force of an armor piercing bullet, and that it was enough to lift a 1000 lbs of weight a foot off the ground, I wondered how it could be possible for him in the previous year to land a multitude of clean shots on Ezzard Charles and not even be able to put him on the deck, when realistically speaking, if the tests were accurate, he should have been able to lift Charles 5 feet off the canvas with a good clean upper cut.

Wasn't Bruno's punch likened to being hit by a moped doing 30mph? Something like that, anyway.