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Marciano
Would definitely be a war. I hate calling this one, because along with Jack Dempsey, these two are my favorite heavyweights. Frazier had quicker hands, so he had an advantage, definitely. Marciano had heavier one punch knockout power, however, and in both hands. As others have said here, neither would back down. Marciano had a tougher chin, which may make the difference with two sluggers/swarmers of this caliber. Frazier had a tendency to be open to uppercuts, and Marciano would not have missed that. Perhaps the telling difference would be closing when your opponent is hurt: for instance, Frazier tended to go for the big left hook, after he'd hurt his opponent. He'd nail a guy, again, with one big punch, then hesitate. Round 11 of Ali-Frazier I, and Round 15th, have plenty of missed opportunities by Frazier. To be fair, maybe Frazier was somewhat shocked that Ali stayed on his feet, like the rest of the world watching that fight. However, interesting thing about Marciano is that once he had his opponent hurt, he just threw like a man on a mission to destroy, destroy, and annilihate. Also, let me state that Marciano is my favorite fighter of all time, so like JCC in Texas, I am for Marciano from jumpstreet. Cheers,
Great good luck to all,
Mike Tucker
counterterrorism & guerrilla war specialist/author
Straits of Malacca
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