Joe Louis would beat Muhammad Ali… possibly quite badly

I sure will , and look forward to it! Four Marciano threads, only 1 made by me ,and that was a year and a half ago.
Any Marciano threads you and Lonsdale don't come galloping to in an effort save your hero's rep from non-existent attacks ?

 

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Worth to mention this in the thread.

 

" How would you have beaten Ali Joe?
"He doesnt know the first thing about fighting off the ropes,which is where he would be if he was fighting me."

This was before FOTC,Foreman and Lyle.

 

Fighters I hate or dislike.
Broner,Hamed,Mayweather,Fury.

My opinion ,stated many ,many times on here.
"Marciano was a great fighter,a great champion ,and a fine man."

Stating facts such as,Marciano never proved himself against a prime class modern sized heavyweight, Marciano did not have very good defence. Marciano had poor balance,was not fast afoot,nor with his hands, was not very accurate with his punches,cut in all his major fights. Had a tendency to foul, Marciano's best opponents were older men past their best,

Does not make you a hater,unless you are a fan boy who cannot accept the truth.
Marciano is the poster boy for overachievement.
He maximised what he had, courage, heart, the will to win,determination,excellent p4p power,the willingness to take punishment to deliver his own,confidence, and top notch ,dedicated , spartan conditioning and overcame all his disadvantages with the qualities just named.
He doesn't need smoke blown up his ass every time his name is mentioned . I don't know who Lonsdale is and I don't care,I do know what he is however.

 

Agreed.
Louis, if he hurt you, then you were in deep ****.

 

Similar to fighting a peak Sonny Liston--I'd make peak Ali an 8-5 favorite over peak Joe Louis--but he better not get careless!!

 

A case could be made for either man. Both fighters possessed the attributes to exploit the other fighter’s weaknesses.
There is clear evidence that Louis didn’t perform his best against nimble movers, Conn 1, Pastor, Walcott (past prime Louis). And Ali was the best mover of them all, so many people could easily envision Ali moving too much and controlling the fight.
At same time, Ali had some very tough fights with smaller more traditional schooled boxers, Doug Jones, Henry Cooper, Ken Norton, and none of those guys were a patch on Louis.
It’s a great fantasy fight as one would expect when pitting two of the best ever against each other.

 

I have been of this opinion for some years now. I believe Louis would win, Ali may give him fits here and there but Louis IMO either edges a decision or stops Ali late in the fight.

 

Add me to the list. I am a Tunney Hater and I will own it right now! I inherited that from my late Grandfather. What can I say? The Anti-Gene Gene runs strong in my family!

 

It's a very plausible outcome.

 

manz raised the white flag