Rocky Marciano vs. Muhammad Ali???

Question

Marciano retired 49-0, 43 KOs (49 total fights)

Ali retired 56-5, 37 KOs (61 total fights

who wins?

Answer 1

This would an easy one to pick, Ali was superior to Marciano in all aspects except power, marciano was not even a true heavyweight (he was a cruiserweight but this division did not exist back then) Marciano had to come back to win against an old ezzard Charles and an old joe walcott and this guys weren't as fast or as powerful as Ali. Both Marciano and Ali had tough chins and could endure punishment,Ali however had the size advantage,more speed,more skills,longer reach and better foot work than Rocky marciano moreover Marciano bled easily while Ali hardly ever got a scartch in his prime therefore this fight would really be a mismatch, marciano would put up a great fight but eventually the difference between the two would become obvious, Ali would have to endure some punishing blows and will probably move around the ring to avoid getting cornered he would counter marciano's hits with fast flurries and almost surely land more punches (the reach and the speed would be a deciding factor in this case) in the final rounds Ali would have the advantage as marciano would ake one last attempt to knock him out, he would be covered in blood and probably have a swollen eye (but being the warrior that he was he would keep on fighting), eventually the referee would be forced to stop the fight because marciano would be deemed to injured to continue Ali would run to Marciano's corner and hug him showing Marciano respect for hanging in there despite all the disadvantages that Marciano faced going into the fight and Marciano would do the same. This would have been a great fight to watch.

Answer 2

Check Marciano's record and most of his victories were against names that even students of the game aren't familiar with, fighters like Joe Louis well past his prime and light-heavyweight Archie Moore.  Muhammad Ali ruled the golden era of the sport in a field of heavyweights that would have dominated Marciano's time or today - Frazier, Foreman, Shavers, Lyle, Young, Liston, Norton...

Answer 3

Took some time to really study Marciano.  Rocky was way too slow to handle Ali.  I'm beginning to think it would be a mismatch and a bloodbath TKO within 5 rounds.

Answer 4

Ali easy.

Answer 5

at 38 years old, jersey joe walcott had marciano outboxed for 12 and a half rounds in their first bout, and light heavyweight greats archie moore and ezzard charles gave him trouble.

although marciano is in my top 5 all time heavyweights, ali is number 1, so i believe that   ali  would have outpointed the rock by a wide margin

Answer 6

I gotta give this one to Ali, Rock would have chased Ali for 12 or   13 rounds eating jabs and taunts, and at the end of the day Ali would have taken the decision.  Marciano's only hope would be a KO, and if Liston, Frazier and Forman couldn't KO Ali, odds are good neither could Rock.

Great match up between two all time greats, but Ali really was the greatest.  Easy decision for Ali.

Answer 7

Uman d's answer is incorrect , the fight he is talking about was simulation, the tow fighters pretended to be in a fight and different outcomes were filmed the producers chose to pick marciano as the winner. Ali would beat marciano.

Answer 8

rocky marciano is better than ali because rocky fought ali and knoocked him out in the 5th round