Marciano didn't care much for the speed bag, he preferred and depended on his punching prowess therefore the heavy bag was more his style. His trainer, Charley Goldman, worked to hone in Marciano's strengths by putting more emphasis on punching from a crouch like stance. He had problems with Al Weil who skimmed off the top of his purses and the back problems he had that started early in his career.

yes he generate power mainly from his muscle tension or torque, rather than from his speed

Guys, I'm pretty sure that speed bag coming off the mount was just some silly camera magic to make people laugh and to sell tickets. That's the most important and least talked about part of Boxing. No sales = No Sport unfortunately.

@@johnmanni227 Rocky used his whole body when he threw his bombs - generating most of his power from his thick legs and lower back/hips. Same type of power generation that Bruce Lee lectured about - punching power doesn't just come from your arm and shoulder but your whole body including hips and legs. Marciano had the body type that could generate amazing power. Not to sound crude or insulting but the guy was a professional ditch digger for a period...that shoving movement. Besides being grueling work, builds very good strength and power in the legs, hiips and back. Try digging in rock filled New England soil for a couple of hours and see how you feel the next day...

The last 2 - 3 weeks leading up to a fight he would increase his volume in training. So running 6-8 miles would increase to 12-16 miles and punch bag/mitts time would be up by an extra 30mins.

Bullshit. The only way Rocky could beat Ali is by a ko. And Ali could not get koed by one punch. He was hit by harder punchers than Rocky. Liston was too strong and too much reach for Rocky. Frazier again bigger faster and stronger. Tyson would knockout marciano in 1 round 10 times out of 10.

They were both phenomenal!

damn girl you look fine 🤤🤤

Snehal Krishnan shavers

Snehal Krishnan as a Marciano fan, shavers most likely hit harder. P4P rocky had the hardest punch ever tho

@@LordLegender nope p4p Julian Jackson was the hardest puncher

@@rotichawal6697 debatable, actually I agree with you now too, but still debatable.

That's tough, I can't pick on 1 punch ko power but famous and world renowned trainer don turner says marciano was the hardest puncher ever lived. KZfaq don turner talks about rocky Marciano. No matter who hit harder marciano was the hardest punching heavyweight p4p and possibly any weight. He did more physical damage to guys he fought than any other fighter in history and it was common for him.

Foreman had a great right hand and Frazier felt every one of them that night. Frazier was fearless and would not back down to any fighter, I have always like Joe Frazier

All of those you've mentioned have been beaten by lesser fighters than Rocky.

No Archie Moore was 39 when he fought rocky and also current light heavyweight champion, Moore was also fighting at a more natural weight and was heavier than rocky. Rocky never fought anyone 40 or older, the oldest was 39 and he only fought 2 people that were 39. Charles was essentially the same age as rocky with little more that 1 year separating them. Joe Louise was 37 but was on an 8 fight win streak. True Joe was past his prime but rocky wasn't even in his prime yet so neither were prime and Joe was more experienced because rocky didn't even start boxing until 25 years old. He fought with a disadvantage and won by knockout because of his work ethic, power and determination. The age difference with rocky and men he fought was less than other champions, ali was 12 years younger than liston, Tyson was 12 years younger than Burdick, Tyson was 17 years younger than Holmes. Rocky was 9 years younger than Moore and Walcott and that was his biggest age difference. Walcott according to anylisys and historians best fight and showing in a fight was against Marciano so His age was not relevant and aside from it not being relevant Joe was the champion so it wasn't like he was some old bum they threw in. He was still fighting at his best.

I think Jack Dempsey would have knocked out Ali. He was that good a fighter.

Muhammad Ali won the heavyweight title because mob controlled Sonny Liston took a dive.