If Walcott Had Faced Charles Another Twice??

I think Charles finishes the series stronger than JJW simply because JJW's decline was evident in 1952/53 whereas Charles' steep decline started in late '54.

There is a problem with the logic of the above in that Chasrles' & JJW's declines were both largely due to their fights with Marciano.

Using the OP's proviso that Marciano was not on the scene, both JJW & EC may have aged differently! had they not fought him...

 

Both fighters were past their sell date and still gave Rocky fits

 

If Marciano hadn't been on the scene, I think Walcott probably defends against Joe Louis.

Walcott-Louis III with Walcott as the defending champion would've been interesting.

 

That's very likely.

If he did, that could very well change things a LOT, in terms of heavyweight history, if you think about it.

It may even change how highly Joe Louis is rated today.

The Charles-Louis fight is kind of brushed off because Louis had been out of the ring for more than a year and was coming back. (But Charles still gets a ton of credit by most.)

If Louis fought Walcott a third time, Louis was in the midst of a pretty successful comeback (an eight-fight winning streak).

If Walcott beat Louis in fight three, or stopped Joe, people might see Walcott as the true winner of the series between them going back to 1947.

Walcott may move up all-time. Louis may move down.

 

I personally think that Walcott would have beaten Louis decisively, had he ever challenged him for the title, and that it might even as you say have been a stoppage loss.

That would have been a good feather in Walcott's cap.

I doubt that Louis would move down, because people would say that he was shot, and the rest of his record would be intact.

 

Clarence Henry was in the mix to for a title shot. Louis would have had to beat him

 

He did beat Louis in 1947

22 of 33 ringside scorecards were for Walcott

out of the 11, 10 of scorecards for Louis were New York newspapers..all heavily bias toward Louis

Walcott won clearly

 

If Marciano isn’t around charles and walcott still would have had to get through Henry, Baker, Moore, Johnson, Valdes, Lastarza, Walls, Jackson and Layne.

definitely not happening