Rocky Marciano retired april 27 1956. He was knocked down only twice in his career, by Jersey Joe Walcott and Archie Moore. He came back to k.o. each of them. Ezzard Charles was the only man to last 15 rounds with him. Now the question, had he not retired at 33 and continued, beating contenders, Patterson. Johanssen and eventually a overrated Liston ( Which Rock would have been 36-37 by that time) then retired with a 55-0 record, would he receive the respect he deserves? Or would people in yahoo answers think he was still overrated and fought only old men? Remember Patterson stayed at light heavy until Rock retired and Ali knocked out Moore years after Marciano did. And footnote, Moore trained Ali before he fought him! So why does a man who goes 49-0 and brought class to boxing receive almost no respect?
2007-06-27
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