Is Perception Reality: The punching power of Joe Louis

Physique doesn't count nearly as much in punching as technique and speed. My man Sanders never had a physique to write home about and he could hit like a truck...

 

I'm not sure if you're serious or joking with this post. Which wins of Buddy's give you the impression he's analogous to Lennox compared to the run of the mill fighters AJ and Wilder are beating? Second, what about him on film, even gives you the slightest impression he's anything even remotely special?

 

Ummm, I also wouldn't feel comfortable picking Bear to beat Stiverne or Molina.... We can go that way also...

 

Not taking anything away from the Great Joe Louis but Baer looked terrible. Gave up his height advantage, kept his left very low against one one the hardest right hands ever, slow, etc.

 

Anybody with two eyes can see that Buddy was garbage that night, and frankly, wasn't all that good to begin with.

 

But you see he was the genuine article up to a point.

His power was terrific, indeed the number of heavyweights with more first round knockouts, can be counted on the fingers of one had!

He beat some legit guys.

I am not certain that he would not have been champion at some point, if Louis had not been around!

 

anybody with one eye can see Stiverne was more beatable than buddy Baer. You don’t even need two eyes to tell that!!

Passing thought. Stiverne has been a WBC champion.

Say what you like about Baer nobody as bad as Stiverne won a heavyweight title in Buddy’s era.

 

No fighter looks good getting demolished.

I think that a lot of it had to do with the man in front of him.

 

I think bodybuilders are kind of a misleading comparison. Real strong people don't look like that, with a few outlying exceptions.
Look at this: This is the men's 2017 world weightlifting championship in the 85 kg weight class (roughly equivalent to boxing's cruiserweight class). Even though they have to make weight most of them aren't exactly ripped and would look no better on a bodybuilding stage than I would.

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I would confidently pick the Stiverne of the Arreola or Wilder fights over the Baer that faced Louis the second time. And the result for Baer would be about the same.

 

A. Based on what that happened in the real universe?

B. When will you feel emboldened to make a pick like this, in a fight were your pick will actually be tested?