Who Was Better – Muhammad Ali or Rocky Marciano?
I will do a simple breakdown for you… Ali was a slick boxer (in his prime, the 60s). He would dance around opponents picking his shots and when his opponents was worn out, he would go for the kill. This is the manner in which most of his knock outs came. It’s sad that 3 years of his prime was WRONGLY taken away from him. Ali also had underrated power and a great, great chin. He was the prominent figure in the Golden Era of Heavyweight boxing, where the Heavyweight division was at its best in history. Ali has wins over these good/great fighters: Joe Frazier Floyd Patterson Ken Norton Sonny Liston George Foreman Archie Moore Earnie Shavers Ron Lyle Jerry Quarry Bob Foster Mac Foster Jimmy Young Chuck Wepner Joe Bugner Jimmy Ellis Oscar Bonavena Zora Folley Ernie Terrell Cleveland Williams George Chuvalo Henry Cooper Rocky Marciano had many disadvantages for a Heavyweight. The biggest one was that he was unusually small for a Heavyweight. However, he overcame all this and won every prof
