67`s Ali vs Prime Marciano?

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Muhammed Ali vs Rocky Marciano

If possible give round by round, detail by detail. I always love hearing people's predictions on this fight. Assuming both are in there primes. Say about a 67's Ali vs Marciano in his prime. Please answer with detail. Two of the top greatest heavyweights of all time collides! haha! Choose your answer with details! THANKS! :)

Answer 1

No contest here. '67 Ali was the fastest heavyweight EVER. He had that quick left jab and amazingly fast combinations that almost came like a blur. He was fast on his feet and so slick in his movement that it was almost impossible to tag him. Marciano, for all his strength and punching power, was slow and had crude skills. He'd be hardpressed just to land one of his bombs on Ali. Even if he does land, I'm pretty sure Ali could take his punch as he'd those of Liston, Frazier, Foreman and Shavers. I think the fight wouldn't go beyond 10. Rock would start strong and would try to hit Ali with all he got, and he might score an early knockdown in the 2nd or 3rd. But Ali would rise up quick and would dance the cobwebs away. Beginning the 4th or 5th Ali would start boxing Marciano from the distance and score points and at the same time bust up Rocky's face. As we know, Rocky bleeds easily and by the 8th or 9th, his face would be bloody from cuts and the ref would stop it.

Answer 2

I would have to go with Rocky. The man never lost, and even if you think his opponents weren't the best quality you cannot argue that he beat everyone put in front of him. He also had thunderous power. In my opinion one of the heaviest punchers in boxing and the guy could do it for the full 15 rounds non stop. Also I read that he stopped using an 80lb heavy bag and went for a 300lb bag and using his technique of punching through the target and not for it, it was said he was crumpling the 300lb heavy bag with every shot which is no mean feat. Back to his technique. He said that he never aimed for the chin but instead aimed to punch the back of the persons head. (not an illegal blow but aiming through the persons face). Now on to Ali. Great fighter and one of the best but not the best. His weakness was the fact he couldn't box well defensively backing up. He instead employed the rope a dope technique. Not the best idea against a granite chinned power punching destroyer like Rocky. Joe Lewis was better then Ali, however Ali could sell it so he became a star.

Answer 3

Boxing scribes, especially those who were covering the fight game at the time are unanimous that the 1967 Muhammad Ali is the best prime version of the man known as the G.O.A.T. The military draft issue started to hound him that year but still Ali was able to make two title defenses in a space of just over a month (!) outclassing Ernie Terrell and knocking out Zora Folley. But he had the momentum of a great past three years where he won the world heavyweight crown by TKO over the feared champion Sonny Liston in 1964, made two stirring title defenses knocking out Liston in one round in their rematch and stopping former champion Floyd Patterson in 1965 and made five successful title defenses whipping such foes as Cleveland Williams, Henry Cooper, George Chuvalo, Karl Mildenberger and Brian London.in 1966.



Marciano's strongest prime was generally acknowledged as happening in the years between 1951 and 1955 when he knocked out the old comebacking former champion Joe Louis in a non-title fight and won the heavyweight title by knocking out Jersey Joe Walcott. During the period, he fought twelve fights and won all of them, 11 by KOs including stirring wins over Walcott in a rematch, Ezzard Charles in two fights ( one by decision ) and one Roland Starza. He last fought in 1955, successfully defending his world title by KO over Archie Moore and ended up with a 49-0 record.



From this comparison of prime time achievements alone of the 1967 version of Ali and the 1954 version of Marciano, one can already see Ali's superiority in having fought and beaten more quality and variety of opponents.



A fight between these two prime versions would be an interesting clash of characters and styles.



Ali was a flamboyant master boxer whose main strength was his fast hands, speed, mobility, almost boundless stamina and outstanding defense. He could slash and bust or box silly an opponent depending on his well-prepared fight plan or his mood-he could be forgiving or ruthless

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Marciano was a soft-spoken fighter who let his fists do the talking for him. His main strength was his physical and mental toughness, endurance to punishments and his wicked, smashing punches and hooks. He almost had no regard for defense in his windmill, devil-may care, relentless assaults.



Given all that, it does not take a scholarly boxing analyst to predict a most plausible ending in a fight between a physically gifted, well skilled and talented and supremely confident highly-cerebral master boxer Ali and a classic ring warrior. Ali by a KO/TKO by the 7th round if he is in his show no mercy fighting mindset, or by one-sided masterful decision if he is in his playful or forgiving or respectful, mood.

Answer 4

It would delusions of grandeur to think Marciano would have beaten prime Ali or Ali anywhere near his prime lol. But Maybe the plot woul thicken and Rocky would have reversed the roles and boxed Ali's ears off - not lol. As Rocky struggled against Walcott (the first time), Charles and Moore hen it is highly unlikely he would have beaten Muhammad Ali.



Here is how I see the 1950s version of Rocky against the best heavyweights seeing as Rocky wouldn't even have be a cruiserweight in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s lol:



Marciano vs Ali - 1964 - 67 - Ali wins inside the distance in 6 rounds or less



Marciano vs Ali - 1970-74 - Ali wins inside the distance in 6 rounds or less



Marciano vs Patterson - 1956 - 1965 - Patterson wins inside the distance in 5 rounds



Marciano vs Johansson - 1959 - 1961 - Johansson wins inside the distance in 5 rounds



Marciano vs Liston - 1962 - 1965 - Liston wins inside the distance in 3 rounds or less



Marciano vs Foreman - 1969 - 74 - Foreman wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs Foreman - 1987 - 1994 - Foreman wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs Frazier - 1971 - Frazier wins inside the distance in 4 rounds



Marciano vs Norton - 1973 - 78 - Norton wins inside the distance in 5 rounds



Marciano vs Holmes - 1978 -1984 - Holmes wins inside the distance in 3 rounds or less



Marciano vs Shavers - 1973 - 79 - Shavers wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs Quarry - 1973 - Quarry wins inside the distance in 5 rounds



Marciano vs Tyson - 1986 - 1988 - Tyson wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs Tyson - 1990 - 97 - Tyson wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs Lewis - 1992 - 2003 - Lewis wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs Holyfield - 1990 - 1997 - Holyfield wins inside the distance in 3 rounds or less



Marciano vs Bowe - 1992 - 1995 - Bowe wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs David Haye - 2009 - 2011 - Haye wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs Wladimir Klitschko - 1997 - 2011 - Wladimir Klitschko wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs Vitali - 1997 - 2011 - Viltali Klitschko wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs the Roy Jones who fought John Ruiz in 2003 - Jones wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs the super - middleweight or light - heavyweight version of Roy Jones - Jones wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs the 1987 or 1991 light - heavyweight version of Hearns - Hearns wins inside the distance in 5 rounds or less



Marciano vs the super - middleweight version of Nigel Benn - 1992 - 1996 - Benn wins inside the distance in 1 round on a good day



Marciano vs the middleweight or supermiddleweight version of Gerald McClellan - 1991 - 1995 - McClellan wins inside the distance in 1 round



Marciano vs Joe Calzaghe - 1997 - 2009 - Calzaghe wins inside the distance in 5 rounds



Yes I even think contemporary super - middleweights and light - heavyweights would have beaten Marciano badly.

Answer 5

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