Anyone Think Tiger Jack Fox Should Have FoughtLouis For Title?

This entire thread is really a bunch of ****. If it were not for WW2 everyone and their brother would have probably fought Louis. We would be talking of Louis defending his title 35 times instead of 25.

 

From 1937 to the end of his career in the late 40's Fox fought three opponents who also fought and were koed by Louis. Two of the three beat Fox. Only Walcott lost to Fox but at a time where Joe was not on the hwt radar. Looking at his record it's all filled with lt heavyweights and very few hwts. He was an excellent fighter but that does not mean Louis ducked him. Really silly to even think so. Fox was koed easily by John Henry Louis. He did not have the durability to handle a one punch Ko artist like Joe Louis fighting in the style he fought.

 

You can't even write down correctly when Fox was active.

Once again

I asked you point blank if Fox was better than several of Louis opponents. You can't answer the question. :deal Checkmate.

 

Um, John Henry Lewis was in bad shape.

This was John Henry Lewis' final fight and his only knockout loss. He retired at age 25!

Joe and John Henry were good friends. Lewis was almost blind in one eye and his eyesight was deteriorating. Louis gave his friend the title fight so he could have one big payday before the eye problem forced him to retire. In this case Fox would have been a better opponent. No debate here.

 

Problem is Fox did nothing to deserve a title shot. Lewis was lt heavy champion. Fox was a lt heavy contender.

 

There was more talk about Al Gainer fighting Louis than Fox. And that idea was scr@pped pretty quickly.

 

Sorry I was thinking of John Henry Lewis and I confused the 2. As far as Louis he fought the best of his times and the guys that beat the ones he did not fight. I dont think you could ask for more....25 defenses

 

You can make just as good a case that Louis avoided Bettina (who knocked out Fox) as you can that he avoided Fox.

 

Let's not confuse issues. There is no doubt that old timers thought highly of Tiger Jack Fox but never as a hwt. He did nothing to deserve a title shot for Louis's title. IF he had beaten Lewis for the Lt heavyweight title then perhaps he may have gotten a hwt title shot but even that may not have happened unless he would have begun to campaign as a hwt. Actually more than likely he would not have been given a title shot just because he was lt hwt champion unless their was unusual public clamour for the fight to occur.