Rocky Marciano retired in in the spring of 1956, undefeated. Some have said there was no more serious contenders left for Marciano, so why not? Others have stated that Floyd Patterson was contemplating moving into the heavy ranks & that Marciano wanted no part of Patterson. Others said Rocky was at the end of his career due to his age of thirty three.
I have a suggestion of my own. A realativly new journeyman had been on the scene for a few years by the name of Charles "Sonny" Liston. Could it be that if Marciano really feared the "young" Patterson's skill & speed, that Rocky was "terrorized" by the behemoth named Liston? I mean by 1956 Liston's reputation as a "bad guy" was fearsome enough. Add to that Liston's power which easily matched both Marciano's/Dempsey's power & completly eclipsed the highly rated Joe Louis' power, & I'm thinking maybe Rocky thought..."best get going while the going's good!!! What do you think, age, Patterson, lack of contenders or "Sonny"?
2007-05-09
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