Terrible size mismatch, but I think even still Joe would chop Vlad down like a christmas tree and probably stop him with a body shot. All Vlad has is a tremendous size advantage against his opponents. Take away his huge size, (and the Roids) and he is just another bum of the month.
Vlad would have been one of Louis's Bum Of The Month candidates. All Vlad has is size and enough of a jab to keep his opponents at bay. Take away a foot of his height and his long time steroid usage, and he has nothing.
Someone like Elroy wont care, but I have "Title Bout", a CPU simulation game which has all the boxers in history on it. It usually does a very good job of picking fights, and it is based on an old board game. It has been around for over 30 years. I simulated Wlad-Lewis 100 times. 12 rds, same cutmen and trainers, made both in their prime and in top condition. No 3 KD, no saved by bell. Louis 87-13-3, 74 KO Wlad 13-87-3, 7KO Then I ran it and adjusted for weight, trying to simulate if Louis came up now and was heavier: Louis 90-10, 85KO Wlad 10-90, 8KO To be fair, I simulated if Louis was at the end of his career and Wlad at his peak, and it came out: Louis 19-79-2, 17ko Wlad 79-19-2, 53 ko So we do know that a washed up Louis would still knock Wlads glass jaw out 17% of the time. Bottom line, 95% of knowledgable boxing people on earth pick Louis to win >50% vs Wlad. Period.
Congrats on making the program, but it's utterly meaningless. The same thing was done in the 90's where when Tyson was in jail, some computer simulated a fight with Tyson and Holyfield. Hundreds of variables were fed into the program and eventually a winner was selected. Tyson won 96% of the time, according to the computer. Yet Holyfield won the real fight.
If I'm not mistaken the computer uses the very best versions of the fighters. Not that it really means its right, but it adds credence to an argument that unprovable any way you look at it.
I know, but I would be very reluctant to hang my hat on anything a computer says. The main reason being that it cannot account for the unexpected, and qualities like determination are not static. Also, it's dependent on the data being fed into it, which could be subjective.
Joe Louis - put in a time machine and transported into 2013 - wouldn't even be a contender in today's HW scene. He's simply too primitive coming from the classic era and would have trouble cracking the boxrec top #25.