The Super Fight was a fictional boxing match between Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali shot in 1969 and released in 1970. At the time, Ali and Marciano were the only undefeated heavyweight champions in history and fans often debated who would win had they met in their primes.
The computer came up with something like a split decision—Marciano winning by a thirteenth-round knockout in North American theatres, while, in another version of the fight that aired in Europe, Ali won by a decision.
Who would have won between Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano?
According to Marciano himself, Muhammad Ali would have won. Rocky said three boxers in his lifetime were a bridge too far for him, a young Joe Louis, Sonny Liston, and Ali. Louis for hand speed and power, Ali for pure speed, and Liston for technical excellence and pure brute strength…
In an unusual move, Marciano returned to the amateur ranks and fought in the Golden Gloves All-East Championship Tournament in March 1948. He was controversially beaten by Coley Wallace.
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How old was Muhammad Ali when he fought Rocky Marciano?
Ali was 27 years old and 29-0. Marciano was 45 years old and had retired 13 years earlier with a perfect 49-0 record, including 43 wins by knockout — history's only unbeaten heavyweight champ.
Physical condition was Marciano's forte in his monkish, monomaniacal pursuit of the title. He was as addicted to exercise as some are addicted to cocaine. It gave him more stamina than his opponent, and was instrumental in his knockout of Jersey Joe Walcott to win the heavyweight championship on Sept. 23, 1952.
On December 30, 1949, at Madison Square Garden, Vingo, then 16–1, and Marciano, 24–0, fought a slugfest. Marciano put Vingo down in the first and second rounds. Vingo fought back well, and by the end of the fifth round, was hurting Marciano with right hand power shots, and seemed to be gaining momentum.
Ali and Marciano were filmed sparring for 75 one-minute rounds producing several possible scenarios for a genuine fight, with the result claimed to have been determined using probability formulas entered into a computer. January 20, 1970 (U.S.)
How many professional fights did Rocky Marciano lose?
Marciano is the only world champion to complete his career undefeated. Marciano had a 12-fight amateur career during which he won the New England Golden Gloves title before losing to Coley Wallace in the Eastern Championships.
Who was the better fighter Rocky Marciano or Muhammad Ali?
Ali proved himself with far more career-defining wins than 'The Brockton Bomber' and is equipped with far more natural advantages. However, Marciano's unlimited stamina, punching power, and constant pressure would have made it a serious affair.
The greatest, ever. That was Rocky Marciano (1923-1969), the only heavyweight in boxing history who ended his career with no defeats: 49 fights won, including 43 by knockout. Those knockout wins included matches with Joe Louis and Rex Layne, two of the best boxers of all time.
The following April at the age of 32 Marciano announced his retirement from the ring stating: “I am retiring because of my wife and baby. No man can say what he will do in the future, but barring poverty, the ring has seen the last of me. I am comfortably fixed, and I am not afraid of the future.”
Background: Marciano's primary strengths might've been his inhuman stamina, volume of hard punches and durability but make no mistake: The man could crack.
Marciano was a health-nut. He ate "veggies," always carried a jar of honey to sweeten his coffee and chewed but never swallowed his steaks. He even had an exercise for his eyeballs. More than once Marciano sparred 250 rounds in preparation for a fight, about 100 rounds more than the norm.
He then went further and officially changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Ali regarded his old name as “a slave name” and of the man he was named after that “he may have gotten rid of his slaves, but (he) held on to white supremacy.” Despite his position as an abolitionist, Cassius Marcellus Clay had owned many slaves.
The "Rumble in the Jungle" took place in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) — and featured 32-year-old Ali and 25-year-old Foreman. Ali was previously the heavyweight champion, but he lost his title in 1967 after he refused to join the military.
