Louis ducked Max Baer rematch?

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  1. PeterD

    PeterD Member Full Member

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    Reading Jeffrey Sussman's book on Barney Ross and Max Baer and he mentioned that Louis' management didn't want to risk a healthy Baer so Max didn't get a rematch (Baer had injured his right hand before the first fight)

    Really?
     
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  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Louis was far better than Baer and completely out-classed him when they met.
     
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  3. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don't believe it.
     
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  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Something I can't believe. By then Max was done, he was prrety terrified by some account s when he faced Louis. I don't see Max actually wanting a rematch same result anyway but maybe even faster.
     
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  5. Unforgiven

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    The only rematch I 've heard of being proposed was around 1940 when Baer was riding high off a few decent wins.
     
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  6. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Louis ducked nobody.
     
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  7. BCS8

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    I doubt it.
     
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  8. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    He fought Nova that beat Baer twice.

    Not sure what time frame Baer deserved the rematch.
     
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  9. DanDaly

    DanDaly Active Member Full Member

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    Wasn't much of a duck considering Louis absolutely slaughtered Baer. The second fight would have been different. About half as long with the same result...
     
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  10. BrutalForeman

    BrutalForeman Active Member Full Member

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    Anything could have happened if Baer's right hand was healthy.
     
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  11. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah, Max was kidding Joe about it in the interview filmed in Baer's dressing room after he stopped Tony Galento. If he had defeated Nova in their rematch, talks about a Baer-Louis fight might have become serious. But Max lost and that was that. To my way of thinking, after he was butchered by Louis the first time, he wasn't eager to face him again. If the shekels were right he might have done so, but I think he only would have put in an appearance. It wouldn't have been much of a fight. By then, he was more interested in getting out of the fight game with as much loot as he could while his brains were still relatively intact.
     
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  12. The G-Man

    The G-Man I'm more of a vet. banned Full Member

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    Yeah I’m sure Joe was losing sleep over Max.
     
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  13. djanders

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    I think, had there been a rematch, the first time Joe threw, and landed, what even resembled a good punch...you know where I'm going with this.
     
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  14. tommytheduke

    tommytheduke Active Member Full Member

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    A rematch with an uninjured Baer goes very much like Lewis-Ruddock. Joe just wouldn't let Baer the opportunity to use his right, and Max would go to fight and get KOed in two or earlier.
     
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  15. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Joe was scared to death of Max Baer.
     
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