Joe louis vs larry holmes

going to go with Louis to land that right hand that Holmes was always vulnerable to.

 

I fully understand that it's about styles, and the styles match up favors Holmes more than it does Louis. Holmes definitely had the power to drop Louis. He is tied for most consecutive knockout wins in title defenses for a reason. There's a reason only 5 out of 20 men who challenged him for the title made it to the final bell.

Holmes's "weakness" against the right hand is grossly overstated. He got caught being careless twice and got swarmed when he was 38 and rusty against Tyson. Even then he was under 10 seconds away from making it through the round, and Tyson dropped him about 40 seconds into it.

 

:huh
I mean, it's not. He use to get caught by that shot all of the time. Louis would find a way to connect on Holmes with it.

 

Really, there is a great chance Holmes wins a decision just as there is Louis getting the KO. No pick should be laughed at.

 

Not really. Him getting drilled hard by a Shavers right and Snipes right is hardly "all the time." If he got hit nearly as much by right hands as ESB has seemed to determine, there's no way he'd have won as many fights as he did or made it through litterally 95% (71/75) of his fights without being planted on the canvas.

He got caught with left hooks too, and jabs, and uppercuts. It's boxing, people get hit with punches repeatedly throughout a fight.

Nobody ever came over Larry's with a right hand to drop him. Nobody ever came over his jab and dropped him period.

 

People act like Louis has never been down :think

 

Holmes is a far better boxer than the likes of Conn. Bigger and stronger too. In fact, Holmes is a way better boxer than anyone Louis ever faced in his prime.

 

Holmes also more athletic.

 

Holmes was more static than slow plodding Joe Louis?

 

I meant a better boxer than Conn and bigger and stronger. It counts. Why mention guys who were big and strong yet weren't great boxers?