Oleksandr Usyk outclasses Joe Louis.

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  1. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It really has nothing to do with Usyk and Louis, just that amateur and professional competition bear very little resemblance to one another, especially in boxing. At least in football, soccer, baseball, and basketball the rules are roughly similar with the emphasis on roughly. Pro and amateur boxing are radically different.
     
  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Yes, it wouldnt' be fair to Usyk, but it's also not fair to Joe to say "I can't see how Usyk would ever lose to Schmeling" because it's obvious he would lose to Schmeling after 4 years (what Joe got) or 7 years or maybe anything but 12 years of combat experience.

    But I don't think holding it against either of them, in either sense is helpful. The statement has no meaning because their respective arcs are just too madly different. There's no equivalent stage for any of them.

    All you can really say is that in his absolutely prime, Louis beat Max as easily as any fighter has ever beaten any other rated fighter. Literally ever.
     
  3. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Clearly, there is.
     
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    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And even with thoe similarities in those sports no one would bring up a players amateur career while discussing their pro exploits.
     
  5. Pedro_El_Chef

    Pedro_El_Chef Active Member Full Member

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    No one could see Louis being outboxed by Conn or dropped by Tony or taken out by Schmeling either. Did anyone see Cooper dropping Ali before it happened?
    At the end of the day, when a guy is that active he is bound to have moments of weakness. There's no shame in struggling with two ATGs like Conn and Schmeling, and despite Galento being arguably his worst moment, he still butchered an iron chinned Tony in four rounds
     
  6. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    My top ten at heavyweight and how Usyk (of Dubois 2 ) fares against each of them in their primes.
    An L indicates Usyk loses and a W indicates Usyk wins.


    ALI.................................L
    LOUIS..........................50 - 50
    LEWIS.............................L
    FOREMAN........................L
    MARCIANO......................W
    HOLMES........................50 - 50
    FRAZIER..........................W
    TYSON.............................W
    LISTON............................W
    W. KLITSCHKO.................L.
     
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  7. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    I think he wins against Foreman but loses to Mike Tyson.
     
  8. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    I think boxrec doesn't list a full fighters amateur record, Dick Mctaggart supposedly has 600+ amateur bouts and he's only listed as having like 50

    Lomachenko had 397 bouts but boxrec only lists 93 of them
     
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  9. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My buddy had two pro fights which he lost. He has a page at boxrec.
     
  10. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    I don't think anyone defeats Foreman before Ali takes his soul in Kinshasa.

    Mike might pull it off but but IMO, Tyson never beat anyone as good as Usyk.
    (Possible exception of well past prime Holmes).
     
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    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Usyk is an extremely well conditioned, crafty, brave, intelligent fighter with excellent footwork and a solid chin. I personally feel his two victories over Joshua were very competitive wins and his two victories over Fury were exceptionally close, pretty much razor thin at most. His fight against Chiorsa was very close and difficult . His first victory over Dubious may have been the result of a poor referees decision while his second win was terrific. I have nothing but admiration for him in and out of the ring but to say now all of a sudden he is an all time great heavyweight champion is a deep dive. Maybe he beats Joe Louis and maybe he doesn't but I feel he'd have a far bigger set of challanges fighting the best guys close to his heavyweight size with their greater speed, and skills to go with their natural strength and power that his stylistic matchups squeezing by giants ... makes for good copy though ...
     
  12. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    To me it’s obvious and I don’t know what more Usyk has to prove to be favoured here.

    Louis stands statue still, no variability to his rhythm, so Usyk would see everything coming, and Usyk did have variability to his rhythm and would feint up and down, feint in and out with the feet and punch off of it and you don’t know what’s coming.

    Usyk doing that would make Louis not know when Usyk will throw, and wouldn’t be able to read his rhythm at all, and Louis will just end up throwing blindly, which will mean Usyk can read it even easier and just avoid or counter when it’s there.

    it’s not like Louis is bigger and he can just bully him either, Usyk is like 20lbs heavier.

    Seriously, can someone tell me what Louis would actually do here?
     
  13. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    You need to watch more Louis fights, Devon.
     
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    And watch them closely.
     
  15. themaster458

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    Maybe give an actual breakdown