Just watched the Marciano/Moore fight. Dude was game as hell. He's around 40 in that fight while Marciano is 32 or 33..........LOL.......Ain't no HW's like those anymore.
Sorry for turning this topic,,,,,,,but damn, guys like Archie just ain't around much any longer.
Not even close.
Archie Moore was cut from the cloth were fighters fight for a living ... every month ... sometimes a couple times a month.
They were rough, tough men who were still considered "green" when they had less than 40 fights ... unlike today's fighters, who fight once every year (or two years) and call themselves "veterans" with 20-30 fights.
If I am not mistaken, Archie Moore had almost 150 fights, and was in his late-30s, by the time he got his FIRST title fight ...
He would have been a phenom today ...
Jack
This quote is sad but true. A friend of mine once said something like this; "When you're active with these dogs you sometimes lower your standards and deal with people you normally wouldn't deal with."
Never make excuses for a subpar animal... "If you make excuses for one you'll make excuses for all"
love the Archie Moore story, brilliant and Nut , Johan Cruijff was one of our childhood idols , we practiced all his moves , can still do a few lol
"One more thing, whatever your "vice", put it on hold until after the show!!!! "
more advice than a quote I suppose but very true all the same.