Thanks, Booth. Great tribute from an excellent old-school trainer. Marciano was a savage puncher, and a man's man. Many of the old-time black boxers were reasonable and unbiased in their assessments of both black and white fighters and showed far more respect for great white boxers like Dempsey, Tunney, Marciano, Greb, Zale, Basilio, etc., than many whites do today.
Louis, Walcott, Charles, Archie Moore all had the greatest respect for Marciano's ability, as did even Ali, Liston, Frazier, and Foreman. Ali claimed that no one ever hit him harder than Marciano did. Foreman ranked Rocky #2 on his all-time list of great heavyweights. And the greatest tribute of all to Rock came from Joe Frazier. Sitting at ringside watching Ali use Rope-a-Dope on Foreman, Frazier yelled at Ali, "You wouldn't have tried that with Marciano!"
Further respect for the great white fighters came, from all places, Mike Tyson, who carefully studied all Jack Dempsey's training films and fights, and then copied Dempsey in many ways, including even the close-shaved sides of his head. I often wish modern whites would show the kind of respect to the great white boxers that many of these old black fighters did. But too many whites today have been culturally neutered and totally brainwashed by radical liberals bent on destruction of our culture and our traditions, and even of our race.
Let's go Tyson Fury!