BoxingManiac

I recently thought to myself what would Bill say about this match, one going between two of his favorite fighters. Honestly I do not know which one of the two that Bill will pick.

Honestly this is how I see the match going:

Holmes UD12 Marciano
Marciano TKO14 Holmes

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bill1234

Marciano close ud over 15. Holmes controls the early rounds, but Marciano's relentlessness and hard body blows wear Holmes down. Holmes takes some damage when he stops and goes into his exchange mode where he stands there slugging it out for about 30 seconds. Rocky destroys Holmes in the exchanges so Larry starts to circle him and keep the jab in Rocky's face. Larry hits him with everything he has and then some and still can't seem to dent the Rock's chin. Larry withstands Marciano's attacks but he doesn't do enough to keep his lead and loses 2/3 times.

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BoxingManiac

I honestly thought that you would pick Holmes in this one. Well I geuss you have faith in the majestic power of Marciano then . To me Marciano = GOAT

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no dice nate

Holmes by decision prime versus prime. Any version of Marciano takes out the post Michael Spinks version of The Easton Assassin.

BoxingManiac

I doubt that Larry Holmes had that good of a chin to go the distance with Rocky Marciano. Don't try to say that Holmes would run from him, you CANNOT escape from Rocky Marciano.

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hhascup

Holmes would win either by a UD or a late round TKO. If a prime Holmes can take Shavers punch, he would easily take Rocky's. Holmes was only stopped once in his career and that was when he was way past his prime against Tyson.

Larry would be too big for Rocky.

bill1234

I think Rocky's strength and volume would break Larry down a bit.

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hhascup

Besides Louis, who was way past his prime, Rocky never fought a top 10 contender that was close to Holmes's size. In fact he never fought a top 10 contender that was over 6' and weighed over 200 pounds besides Louis.

If Rocky was boxing today, he would be a small cruiserweight.

BoxingManiac

He fought a man named Carmine Vingo, who was in between 6'4 and 6'6. he nearly killed him. Vingo would have been a top contender if Rocky Had not fought him.

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hhascup

I was waiting for someone to bring him up.

Vingo was not a top 10 contender. He was 16-1-0 when he fought Rocky. In his last 7 bouts before he fought Rocky he had only 1 KO, and that was against a boxer that was making his pro debut.

Also, before he fought Rocky, he never fought a bout that was scheduled for more then 6 rounds. AND he was just 2 days passed his 20th birthday.

Good Prospect, BUT far from a contender.