ChokLab Says This Clip Proves Louis Was The Same Size As Foreman and Norton

Does he look bigger than them? I don’t know, but he most definitely doesn’t look smaller than them.

It doesn’t look like he’d suffer a size disadvatange against either, whatsoever.

Even if he is wearing stilts, looks at his head and shoulders compared to theirs. He’s a naturally big hefty man.

 

The funny thing is if your propose Joe Louis vs. Foreman, people will picture a man vs giant image in their heads.

It happens to me, so I assume it happens to you guys too.

But then you see this clip, and it kind of challenges those knee jerk visualizations.

It even happens with Liston vs Louis matchups. We imagine Sonny as this much bigger guy, when really he isn’t. I wonder why we’re subconsciously tempted to see Joe Louis as smaller than he actually was?

 

Unless you was there holding the tape stats don't mean jack!

 

I agree he might be slightly shorter given that he is wearing street shoes but definitely comparable in size absolutely!very interesting clip!

 

Iv often wondered if these measurements were just made up by journalists half the time.

 

A phrenologist would definitively label this man a heavyweight based on the size of his head.

 

How pounds look on a person depends on their build, doesn't it?
I mean a very fit man or woman, very muscular, could weigh the same
as another person that looks much bigger. The fit person could be
denser in body mass. A pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of
muscle but takes up more room.

Louis looked as "big" as Foreman because he probably weighed as much as
Foreman did at the time...
his boxing weight was surely not the same as his weight walking around
20 yrs later.

 

I'm saying there's not much height difference between the 3 of them, to suggest so is idiotic to say the least.

 

Foreman was a strong man. So was Norton. And Joe Louis was never small. He gives the appearance of being about the same. Measuring by tape is not really so accurate. Hair and posture can distort height. And the difference between a loose or tight circumference measurement can make the same chest, wrist or waist vary by inches.

Wing span reach dosnt really always show who can land from the furthest distance since shoulders and fingers are taken into it.

Obviously weight must be accurate but even then sometimes guys weigh in wearing shoes.

One thing for sure Max Baer made joe Louis look small. I wonder how tall Baer might have been billed in a later era?

I agree with choklab.