“For me, I think Rocky Marciano was overrated,” Prograis said on social media. “He retired undefeated, right? But in this book, I bought this book about Sonny Liston. It said right here about Rocky Marciano that ‘his good fortune was to rise to prominence at a time when his major competitors were either old, like 37-year-old Joe Louis.’ He was 37 when he fought him. Joe Walcott was 37 years old. A natural light heavyweight like Ezzard Charles was 34 years old, and then Archie Moore was 41 at the time.”
The overall point has some merit, but several ages quoted by Prograis are inaccurate. Louis was 37, but Walcott was 38 when Marciano took his…
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