[GIF] Prime Joe Louis, freakish upper body

He looks similar to Dempsey, but bigger biceps/neck. Louis had the physique perfect for boxing. Muscle in all the right places.

 

Fitzsimmons was often described as a freak in his own time for having such light little legs and heavily muscled upper back and shoulders. It was like his legs stayed at lightweight while his shoulders were heavyweight. Maybe he wasn't a freak either, maybe that was hyperbole too.
Louis certainly wasn't freakish. I don't think anyone claimed him to be unusually built ever, until now.

Louis arms, neck and shoulders look normal for a heavyweight athlete trained to perfection. His whole physique looks normal. Powerful, balanced, lean. Not skinny and not overly muscled.

 

That's not freakish though.
Boxers traditionally, on average, come with normal athletic physiques, balanced and not extreme.

Unlike, say, SHW weightlifters, pro basketball players, high jumpers and marathon runners, who are shaped in extreme ways beneficial to the task.

 

In reference to proportionality, I would say Louis is freakish looking. Big arms, big shoulders, big neck, smallish chest. Very disproportional.

 

Louis' chest was 42" very respectable for his size.

 

I'm 60 lbs lighter than Louis was and my chest is about 40-41".

 

What are the functional benefits of big biceps in boxing?

 

This is baseless.

 

Isn't that pretty much the mold for muscular boxers? We've seen plenty of boxers with more disproportionate arms and shoulders, etc. for their frames, so I don't know why anyone would consider Louis' physique "freakish."

 

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Mine is currently 45.5", used to be 41"! I'm about 10lbs lighter than Louis.

 

Uh oh, another who disagrees with you, put his name in the book!

 

You attract more fan boys?