[GIF] Billy Conn catches Louis with a fast combo

A beautiful combo...thanks rez...I can't help but believe that Billy would have been helped greatly by having a dose of Gene Tunney's more conservative temperment in those last 3 rounds.

 

Wow...buckled the champs knees!

 

Good work from Billy Conn.
He just didn't have the power to make a lasting impression.

 

Didn't you criticize me for posting footage of that sequence earlier this year? https://streamable.com/2b7a

 

Louis got stuck in no man's land there. That last body shot by Conn had some pepper on it.

 

Almost...

 

Billy was tough. Brilliant fighter!

People forget that he was hurt in every round he won. That's how good he was. Conn might have been ahead but he was fighting for his life the whole time.

I never really bought that business of billy having it in the bag then losing his head and "going for the knock out" once I saw it.

The way I see it, Louis kept hurting him and Billy just came back at him each time like an absolute tiger just to get Louis off of him. The longer it went the harder he was fighting back with longer and longer exchanges. Until Finally he was Forced to shoot his bolt. It put him in front but it was at a cost

it took so much out of him.

The whole "it was a walk in the park, boxing Joe's ears off, until he got carried away going for the knock out" is not something I got from watching it.

 

I agree entirely.
Conn was having to stand his ground and fight and trade with Louis in just about every round, and had some success with it - it was a natural style for him - but sooner or later it was going to take its toll.

The folklore version is a nice simple narrative and one which both fighters were happy to believe in or go along with in later years.

 

conn was out of it from the point that the crowd went "ohh" after the right hand. even though that punch sapped him of everything conn showed that last bit of defiance which kept him standing that bit longer than he should have. all he had left in the tank was the ability to stand so he stood, many would have quit. conn couldnt get away any longer. thats the only readon he stood closer.

 

Pulling away with his hands down.Curry v McCallum?

 

Louis getting rocked by a blown up 160 pounded who couldn't punch at his own weight class shows how Joe Louis had the worst chin of any 200 pound fighter who ever had a belt.