Whose chin was glassiest? Hearns, Louis, or RJJ?

The former fact, should make you seriously doubt the latter.

 

The worst thing you can say about Louis’s chin, is that it was not in the class of Jeffries, Ali, Holyfield etc.

That aside, it was very impressive.

 

You might want to look at the opposition that other top 10 heavyweights were fighting two years after their professional debuts.

They were usually nowhere near being world class, and often they were just journeymen.

Based on this, I do not feel justified in assuming that they would have done better against Schmeling.

Now personally, I do think that Schmeling was good.

He was basically the best heavyweight between Gene Tunney and Joe Louis, indeed perhaps the best between Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis.

 

Hearns

See Hearns/Iran Barkley I and Hagler/Hearns, Hearns/Kinchen

Jones went 13 yrs before he was stopped

Louis only stopped once, by Schmeling, when he was still developing, until near the end of his career.

 

You are obviously entitled to your opinion.

I will throw the following arguments at you, for your entertainment.

A. Look how far Louis was into his career, and look at who other top ten heavyweights were fighting, the same number of months in.

B. Look at the rankings of Schmeling’s opponents when he fought them, and look at the time frame over which he was beating these guys.

 

Let’s say that we are both managing a fighter.

I give mine two years to reach 25 fights and hit the best in the division, and you allow yours four to do the same.

Perhaps you might think that I was being a bit harsh?

 

That is exactly what this forum is about.

You might not change somebody’s opinion, but you can often plant a new idea in their head.

 

I disagree. I'll go out on a limb and say it was better.

 

it is between hearns and jones