Listen to the intelligence of this man! Not highly educated, yet understood the sport better than anyone. The champion of champions: 49-0 w/43 KO's. Rocky will always be missed (RIP)... Addio Marciano!
Creepy how he mispoke and said "My Flight, my fight slacked off..." little eerie hearing that and knowing he died in a plane cause very shortly later. RIP CHAMP..No one was TOUGHER
Archie Moore had 190 career fights and lasted another 8 yrs after Marciano. His last fight was with Muhammad Ali. Sugar ray Robinson had 90/92 fights without a loss.
Marciano said, "I started quite late as a heavyweight. I fought 16 times in my very first professional year. The following year i fought 14 times. Then when i won the title my following year my fights slacked off." Marciano's total fights per year: 1947 -- 1 1948 -- 11 1949 -- 13 1950 -- 6 1951 -- 7 1952 -- 5 Championship years: 1953 -- 2 1954 -- 2 1955 -- 2 Rocky also said, "Floyd Patterson one year only fought 1 or 2 times." Well at least Patterson had 64 total fights, not a measly 49. Towards the end he says, "In my 23rd fight i was on television and made a big hit, in beating Joe Louis." Rocky beat Joe his 38th fight, not 23rd. Marciano also said, "Clay was just fighting anybody" (meaning bums).
This guy below has not done any fact finding. Rocky retired because he wanted to spend more time with his family. If you ask people from rockys time, they would tell you he was just a great guy. I quote , just a regular guy.
Marciano never fought anyone as big as Fury. Rocky struggled with LHW Charles and cruiser Walcott, who were both slick movers with solid defense, much like Fury. Fury knows how to use his reach and he has a monumental advantage. He'd keep Marciano at arm's length and force him back whenever he felt crowded. He'd jab, turn and flummox him for as long as wanted, and if Fury felt so inclined, he'd walk him down Kronk style and grind out a stoppage. Fury jabs him into oblivion. Heck, Fury can land 4 or 5 jabs a round and win the round. And none of this, "if he can't reach his head he'll go to the body", either. That's just bull****. Fury's lead would keep Marciano too far away as is. Rocky ain't getting the opportunities to impose his workrate and definitely doesn't hit hard enough to stop the Gypsy 👑 King. If Rocky fought Fury he would definitely need the use of a stepladder or maybe Fury could fight on his knees? King Fury wins anyway he pleases.
@@TheTruthTalker_ 40 Marciano opponents: We see their entire "CAREER" record, not a partial record. Seeing a boxers complete resume gives a more accurate evaluation how good, or how bad they are. Professional boxers can easily be evaluated using US school grades A, B, C, D, and F. Lee Epperson - 0 wins 1 loss with 0% KOs (F-level) Jimmy Weeks - 0 wins 1 loss with 0% KOs (F-level) Gilbert Cardone - 0 wins 3 losses with 0% KOs (F-level) John Edwards - 1 win 2 loss with 33% KOs (F-level) Bill Hardeman - 1 win 6 losses with 0% KOs (F-level) Humphrey Jackson - 4 wins 2 losses with 28% KOs (D-level) Harry Haft - 12 wins 8 losses with 35% KOs (D-level) James Connolly - 12 wins 9 losses with 33% KOs (D-level) Harry Bilazarian - 15 wins 12 losses with 35% KOs (D-level) Bob Jefferson - 3 wins 10 losses with 0% KOs (F-level) Harold Mitchell 4 wins 17 losses with 4% KOs (F-level) Gilley Ferron - 4 wins 13 losses with 17% KOs (F-level) Artie Donato - 7 wins 13 losses with 10% KOs (F-level) Johnny Pretzie - 10 wins 13 losses with 33% KOs (D-level) Don Mogard - 20 wins 16 losses with 15% KOs (D to F-level) Pete Louthis - 32 wins 14 losses with 35% KOs (D-level) Tommy DiGiorgio - 9 wins 15 losses with 4% KOs (F-level) Kenne Simmons - 9 wins 22 losses with 12% KOs (F-level) Art Henri -18 wins 29 losses with 18% KOs (F-level) Jimmy Walls - 20 wins 41 losses with 7% KOs (F-level) Ted Lowry - 71 wins 68 losses with 30% KOs (D to F-level) Ted Lowry (twice) - 71 wins 68 losses with 30% KOs (D to F-level) Gino Buonvino - 24 wins 15 losses with 10% KOs (D-level) Gino Buonvino (twice) - 24 wins 15 losses with 10% KOs (D-level) Joe Dominic - 18 wins 12 losses with 33% KOs (D-level) Eldridge Eatman - 22 wins 21 losses with 22% KOs (D to F-level) Willis Applegate -12 wins 16 losses with 13% KOs (F-level) Lee Savold - 104 wins 45 losses with 50% KOs (D-level) Phil Muscato - 56 wins 23 losses with 25% KOs (D-level) Bill Wilson - 56 wins 27 losses with 51% KOs (D-level) Johnny Shkor - 31 wins 19 losses with 42% KOs (D-level) Fred Beshore - 35 wins 17 losses with 24% KOs (D-level) Jimmy Evans - 18 wins 8 losses with 50% KOs looks okay until you see he fought 10 opponents with 10 fights or less. Eddie Ross - 19 wins 5 losses with 72% KOs looks okay until you see he fought 10 debuting amateurs and 7 other opponents with 10 fights or less. Bob Quinn - 20 wins 4 losses with 58% KOs looks okay until you see he fought 13 opponents with 10 fights or less. Bernie Reynolds - 53 wins 13 losses with 49% KOs looks okay until you see he fought 30 opponents with 15 fights or less. Pat Richards - 24 wins 9 losses with 39% KOs looks okay until you see who he fought 20 opponents with 10 fights or less. Carmine Vingo - 16 wins 2 losses with 38% KOs looks good until you see ALL 16 wins came against F-LEVEL opponents. Don Cockell - 66 wins 14 losses with 46% KOs looks okay until you see the majority of his career was at middleweight and light heavyweight. By the time he faced Marciano he was suffering from severe glandular disorders that wreaked havoc with his physique. He was sallow-skinned, fat, and had a nasty boil on his neck. Harry Matthews - 90 wins 7 losses with 58% KOs is a good B-level resume. Problem is he was a natural middleweight moonlighting at light heavyweight. Matthews weighed 130 lbs vs. Joey Parks who also weighed 130. I thought this was the Heavyweight division? Shouldn't one have to beat credible Heavyweight opponents to be respected as a legitimate Heavyweight champion? Even Marciano's best 3 opponents; Walcott-Charles-Moore lost (68) times and were KO'd (20) times. Marciano never faced an elite fighter in his prime. Name one, just one prime elite fighter Marciano beat? Failing to name even one proves my comment rings true. Show me any respected boxing publication or analyst that claims Walcott Charles Moore were in their prime when they fought Marciano? IT'S CLEAR AS DAY WHY HE WENT 49-0...D AND F-LEVEL HOMELESS WALK-IN BOXERS TAKIN-DIVES AND PADDIN RECORDS FOR $$$...NUMBERS DO NOT LIE *In the old days, ringers could boost their income by fighting repeatedly. Padding your record against weak opponents can yield good results- the real stumblebums are the guys who make a career of losing. In small-time fights, the less-talented fighter often gets the bulk of the cash; he is, after all, providing a valuable service by losing so reliably--The Ring Magazine
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Listen to the intelligence of this man! Not highly educated, yet understood the sport better than anyone. The champion of champions: 49-0 w/43 KO's. Rocky will always be missed (RIP)... Addio Marciano!
Creepy how he mispoke and said "My Flight, my fight slacked off..." little eerie hearing that and knowing he died in a plane cause very shortly later. RIP CHAMP..No one was TOUGHER
Isn't it ironic that the greatest are always the most modest.
Love the rock, I can listen to his down to earth explanations all day. It’s like a guy you know from down the block.
This is a great interview with some truly interesting boxing insights from the champ of champions. Bravo!
Thanks for finding this great interview and posting it! Amazing to hear one great champ talking about another!
49 fights in 8 years 😮 and 15 rounders
Archie Moore had 190 career fights and lasted another 8 yrs after Marciano. His last fight was with Muhammad Ali. Sugar ray Robinson had 90/92 fights without a loss.
And Willie Pep had over 200 fights in a career that lasted over 30 years
He'd be horrified about how inactive fighters are today if he's complaining about the 1960s!
Marciano said, "I started quite late as a heavyweight. I fought 16 times in my very first professional year. The following year i fought 14 times. Then when i won the title my following year my fights slacked off."
Marciano's total fights per year:
1947 -- 1
1948 -- 11
1949 -- 13
1950 -- 6
1951 -- 7
1952 -- 5
Championship years:
1953 -- 2
1954 -- 2
1955 -- 2
Rocky also said, "Floyd Patterson one year only fought 1 or 2 times." Well at least Patterson had 64 total fights, not a measly 49.
Towards the end he says, "In my 23rd fight i was on television and made a big hit, in beating Joe Louis." Rocky beat Joe his 38th fight, not 23rd.
Marciano also said, "Clay was just fighting anybody" (meaning bums).
This guy below has not done any fact finding. Rocky retired because he wanted to spend more time with his family. If you ask people from rockys time, they would tell you he was just a great guy. I quote , just a regular guy.
Don’t forgot his bad back prevented him for training adequately.
@@Lucille69caddy that’s what old age does to you
Also he had no one else to fight, Floyd Patterson was still in light heavyweight
Wow, no wonder Rocky abandoned his family, he forgot he had one.
Marciano never fought anyone as big as Fury. Rocky struggled with LHW Charles and cruiser Walcott, who were both slick movers with solid defense, much like Fury. Fury knows how to use his reach and he has a monumental advantage. He'd keep Marciano at arm's length and force him back whenever he felt crowded.
He'd jab, turn and flummox him for as long as wanted, and if Fury felt so inclined, he'd walk him down Kronk style and grind out a stoppage. Fury jabs him into oblivion. Heck, Fury can land 4 or 5 jabs a round and win the round. And none of this, "if he can't reach his head he'll go to the body", either. That's just bull****. Fury's lead would keep Marciano too far away as is. Rocky ain't getting the opportunities to impose his workrate and definitely doesn't hit hard enough to stop the Gypsy 👑 King.
If Rocky fought Fury he would definitely need the use of a stepladder or maybe Fury could fight on his knees? King Fury wins anyway he pleases.
@@Jabbing_Jack Rocky would knock the gyno off of fury’s back
@@Jabbing_Jack bot
@@TheTruthTalker_ can't handle the truth so ya gotta call folk bot, ha ha ha 😆
@@TheTruthTalker_ 40 Marciano opponents: We see their entire "CAREER" record, not a partial record. Seeing a boxers complete resume gives a more accurate evaluation how good, or how bad they are. Professional boxers can easily be evaluated using US school grades A, B, C, D, and F.
Lee Epperson - 0 wins 1 loss with 0% KOs (F-level)
Jimmy Weeks - 0 wins 1 loss with 0% KOs (F-level)
Gilbert Cardone - 0 wins 3 losses with 0% KOs (F-level)
John Edwards - 1 win 2 loss with 33% KOs (F-level)
Bill Hardeman - 1 win 6 losses with 0% KOs (F-level)
Humphrey Jackson - 4 wins 2 losses with 28% KOs (D-level)
Harry Haft - 12 wins 8 losses with 35% KOs (D-level)
James Connolly - 12 wins 9 losses with 33% KOs (D-level)
Harry Bilazarian - 15 wins 12 losses with 35% KOs (D-level)
Bob Jefferson - 3 wins 10 losses with 0% KOs (F-level)
Harold Mitchell 4 wins 17 losses with 4% KOs (F-level)
Gilley Ferron - 4 wins 13 losses with 17% KOs (F-level)
Artie Donato - 7 wins 13 losses with 10% KOs (F-level)
Johnny Pretzie - 10 wins 13 losses with 33% KOs (D-level)
Don Mogard - 20 wins 16 losses with 15% KOs (D to F-level)
Pete Louthis - 32 wins 14 losses with 35% KOs (D-level)
Tommy DiGiorgio - 9 wins 15 losses with 4% KOs (F-level)
Kenne Simmons - 9 wins 22 losses with 12% KOs (F-level)
Art Henri -18 wins 29 losses with 18% KOs (F-level)
Jimmy Walls - 20 wins 41 losses with 7% KOs (F-level)
Ted Lowry - 71 wins 68 losses with 30% KOs (D to F-level)
Ted Lowry (twice) - 71 wins 68 losses with 30% KOs (D to F-level)
Gino Buonvino - 24 wins 15 losses with 10% KOs (D-level)
Gino Buonvino (twice) - 24 wins 15 losses with 10% KOs (D-level)
Joe Dominic - 18 wins 12 losses with 33% KOs (D-level)
Eldridge Eatman - 22 wins 21 losses with 22% KOs (D to F-level)
Willis Applegate -12 wins 16 losses with 13% KOs (F-level)
Lee Savold - 104 wins 45 losses with 50% KOs (D-level)
Phil Muscato - 56 wins 23 losses with 25% KOs (D-level)
Bill Wilson - 56 wins 27 losses with 51% KOs (D-level)
Johnny Shkor - 31 wins 19 losses with 42% KOs (D-level)
Fred Beshore - 35 wins 17 losses with 24% KOs (D-level)
Jimmy Evans - 18 wins 8 losses with 50% KOs looks okay until you see he fought 10 opponents with 10 fights or less.
Eddie Ross - 19 wins 5 losses with 72% KOs looks okay until you see he fought 10 debuting amateurs and 7 other opponents with 10 fights or less.
Bob Quinn - 20 wins 4 losses with 58% KOs looks okay until you see he fought 13 opponents with 10 fights or less.
Bernie Reynolds - 53 wins 13 losses with 49% KOs looks okay until you see he fought 30 opponents with 15 fights or less.
Pat Richards - 24 wins 9 losses with 39% KOs looks okay until you see who he fought 20 opponents with 10 fights or less.
Carmine Vingo - 16 wins 2 losses with 38% KOs looks good until you see ALL 16 wins came against F-LEVEL opponents.
Don Cockell - 66 wins 14 losses with 46% KOs looks okay until you see the majority of his career was at middleweight and light heavyweight. By the time he faced Marciano he was suffering from severe glandular disorders that wreaked havoc with his physique. He was sallow-skinned, fat, and had a nasty boil on his neck.
Harry Matthews - 90 wins 7 losses with 58% KOs is a good B-level resume. Problem is he was a natural middleweight moonlighting at light heavyweight. Matthews weighed 130 lbs vs. Joey Parks who also weighed 130. I thought this was the Heavyweight division? Shouldn't one have to beat credible Heavyweight opponents to be respected as a legitimate Heavyweight champion?
Even Marciano's best 3 opponents; Walcott-Charles-Moore lost (68) times and were KO'd (20) times. Marciano never faced an elite fighter in his prime. Name one, just one prime elite fighter Marciano beat? Failing to name even one proves my comment rings true. Show me any respected boxing publication or analyst that claims Walcott Charles Moore were in their prime when they fought Marciano?
IT'S CLEAR AS DAY WHY HE WENT 49-0...D AND F-LEVEL HOMELESS WALK-IN BOXERS TAKIN-DIVES AND PADDIN RECORDS FOR $$$...NUMBERS DO NOT LIE
*In the old days, ringers could boost their income by fighting repeatedly. Padding your record against weak opponents can yield good results- the real stumblebums are the guys who make a career of losing. In small-time fights, the less-talented fighter often gets the bulk of the cash; he is, after all, providing a valuable service by losing so reliably--The Ring Magazine