The Superfight - Marciano vs. Ali
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Actor: Muhammad Ali, Rocky MarcianoBrand: Mackinac Media
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 136 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mackinac Media
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DVD Review: Marciano: a Champ during a weak era
Summary: 2 Stars
Marciano fought in the weak post WW 2 era. His matches he is most famous for were against boxers who were small or old or both. Ultimately this is the most reasonable way to evaluate a fighter: who did he fight? Consider that Ali fought Jerry Quarry, Larry and Ernie Holmes, Frazier, Norton, Foreman, Sonny Liston. Yikes! Each of these heavyweights had skill or firepower that were a real danger to the mediocre or untrained fighter. He fought most of these during their prime. Marciano scored k/o's against many I have never heard of. He is most famous for his wins against Joe Louis and Archie Moore and Walcott and Roland LaStarza. Of these: LaStarza looks like a light heavyweight, Louis and Walcott and Moore were approaching 40 during their fights. Much like a basketball player ages by his early 30's and loses his 'hop' <jumping abaility> , a boxer loses his fast reflexes by the same age. Ali against Larry Holmes said he saw the punches Holmes was throwing coming, but did not have the reflexes to react. Ali was the average age of Louis and Moore and Walcott that Marciano fought.
The best boxing book I have read is Kings of the Ring by Gavin Evans. The best sports book I have read is The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons. Each book points out that the early stars of the sport should be applauded and respected for their greatness but not compared to their successors years later, who had more size and speed and skills. Summing up: Mr. Evans writes that Marciano could not compare with Lennox Lewis . Simmons writes that Steve Nash is a faster and more skilled evolutionary version of Cousy. For this reason, I grew up during the 70's but I have wondered how effective Jerry West would play in the current NBA, with the ferocious defense and above the rim play.
So Marciano should be rightfully lauded for being the best of his time and should stand out more, for his historical contributions, than for example Tyson or Lewis or Klitschko. Having said that in a real fight against these 3, Marciano would have been beaten up against the 6'6" Klitschko, who has never been knocked down in his career and has a formidable jab that has 'dis-armed' heavy hitters such as Simon Peter and Corrie Sanders. He would have had a real risk of a serious injury against Lewis or <yikes> Tyson in his prime.
Description of The Superfight - Marciano vs. Ali
In the late 1960?s, a Miami boxing promoter, who had a successful radio series of fantasy boxing bouts between champs of years past, fed their statistics into a computer, which predicted a "winner." Based on the popularity of these fights, he convinced a retired Rocky Marciano and a suspended Muhammad Ali to meet in the ring for filmed fight based on the computer results. On January 20, 1970, The "Fight of the Century ? Ali vs. Marciano" was show one time in 1500 theatres across the United States and Europe and once in the early 70?s on ABC?s Wide World of Sports. All prints of the fight were destroyed, except for one given to the US Copyright office. The SuperFight has not been seen since. Marciano retired as the only undefeated Heavyweight champion. Ali, was 27 and undefeated. Both champs were motivated to find out who was the greatest heavyweight champion of all time.Bestsellers in DVD
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