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TheOneIsHere2008 wrote:

yancey wrote:

TheOneIsHere2008 wrote: It's hard to rank Rocky because he was small for a heavyweight and not particularly fast...He could take a wallop and beat everybody he fought...It's not his fault they were old, not very good, or whatever...

It just makes him hard to rate...

I do know Quarry and Chuvalo were tough men but not ATGs...And if their a person's benchmark that person must not think Rocky Marciano was that good...

I don't see serious people musing if a prime Kelly Pavlik could beat a prime Marvin Hagler...

Watch his fight with Cockell and tell us what you think.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8QWAbm_zAMY&feature=related

I don't know what to think.

Crease wrote:Marciano wins by knockout early rounds.

ThatOne wrote:

PUGZCAT wrote:Rocky Marciano would be in for a very tough night as he was never in the ring with anyone like George Chuvalo. Probably Don Cockell was the Marciano opponent that was the closest to George Chuvalo in style. Cockell stood at close range and threw and was a very good body puncher. Cockell won a relatively easy decision against Roland LaStarza. The down side of Cockell was, even though he had good skills, he didn't have great chin, and was more or less just an obese light heavyweight because of a thyroid condition and didn't have great stamina or strength or a hard punch. Cockell did have a respectable showing against Rocky Marciano until he ran out of gas. George Chuvalo was a lot stronger than Cockell, vastly greater stamina, better chin, a harder puncher and under rated as a boxer; he was ahead on points against Floyd Patterson after 8 rounds.

Compared to Don Cockell's boxing skills George Chuvalo was freaking Gene Tunney!!!

PUGZCAT wrote:Pretty much my point, Rocky Marciano threw everything he had at Britain's most skilled fat bastard who for most part stood his ground and pitched back and he lasted until the 9th round. It's a safe bet George Chuvalo was stronger and more durable than anyone Rocky Marciano faced. It might have been a Ray Mercer vs Tommy Morrison moment, Tommy catches Ray flush on the jaw with his best uppercut and left hook and nothing much happens: Oh! Oh! I'm in for a very rough night!