Pic of Rocky Marciano after Ezzard Charles split his overrated nose in two

[Boonapalist]

I know bro! I guarantee you some rich dude/s are sitting on a mountain of archived footage of these fighters from the 30's & 40's that'll never see the light of day

I swear Jimmy Jacobs was but since he passed idk what happened to it

 

[Knicksman20]

I swear Jimmy Jacobs was but since he passed idk what happened to it

Probably got sold/auctioned to another “collector”

 

[BlackMajik]

I wish I could've seen Evander Holyfield beat the dog shyt out of Rocky

 

[UpAndComing]

I wish I could've seen Evander Holyfield beat the dog shyt out of Rocky

Modern day, Rocky Marciano would have been a Cruiserweight

Late 80s Holyfield at Cruiserweight 100% knocks Rocky Marciano out

 

[Erratic415]

He dodged every single Black world title contender, so his resume is tainted. Still a legend though, first Boxing superstar of the 20th Century

He notoriously ducked Sam Langford, and many others

Harry Willis especially got screwed over during Dempsey’s reign.

Langford also got screwed out of his deserved title shot during Jack Johnson’s reign.

Things got better by the 50s, but so many black contenders got fukked out of their deserved shots.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Naw, no reason to hate on Rocky. He fought in an era where there weren't a lot of upcoming great heavies. Charles, Walcott, and Moore were still excellent fighters when Rock fought them. He was able to dig deep and come out on top when a lot of other fighters would've lost

 

[Erratic415]

Naw, no reason to hate on Rocky. He fought in an era where there weren't a lot of upcoming great heavies. Charles, Walcott, and Moore were still excellent fighters when Rock fought them. He was able to dig deep and come out on top when a lot of other fighters would've lost

I give a lot of credit to guys like Marciano, Rahman, Liston, Qawi, etc…who pick up boxing at such a late age and still reach the highest level of the sport. They all must have a real feel for the sport to begin in their 20s and become world champions.

 

[Neuromancer]

I'm tired of hearing about this dude.

 

[BlackMajik]

It's absolutely crazy how the 1940s era of Boxing have matches that weren't filmed or have such bad film

You literally have Jack Dempsey vs Gene Tunney fights in 19 fukking 26 have clearer picture than fights in the 40s lol

shyt, even some fights from Jack Johnson in the early 1900s are clearer than the 1940s

The 40s were the WWII years so maybe that had something to do with it

But you right I wish we had video of a lot of them fights

 

[MasterOfAllHeSurveyz]

Probably got sold/auctioned to another “collector”

Disney owns it. They used to have all those fights on ESPN Classic.

 

[BlackMajik]

Disney owns it. They used to have all those fights on ESPN Classic.