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Reuter's no fool, and remember that there's this power struggle going on with Cus D'Amato. In the May issue of World Boxing Review Skip Bailey gets into the D'Amato-Reuter chess match and how the Marciano fight figures into it all.
I had thought about a tuneup or two for Rocky. But given the circumstances that he'd need to place five in the rankings for a title fight, doing battle with Jackson would be his best option. If you look at the most recent rankings, the younger talent is starting to move up. Outside of Carter, Jackson is the weakest of the top five and most likely would drop lower as the year wears on. The big issue is that the boxing fans want a Marciano-Patterson match asap.
Once again, Rocky has lost a little since he retired. There's no way he's coming back as the same fighter he was when he retired.
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