Joe Louis wouldn’t be out of the top 3 in any era

He'd most likely be #1 in every era.

 

I agree he’d be a top 3 guy in any era. I’m 50/50 on weather or not he’d dominate them all.

 

Oh well maybe. I'd say he is still the tidiest most perfect puncher of all heavyweights.

Boxers from years after his time came along with better footwork and of course the real super heavies came along.

Historically and P4P among heavies he is top 3 without doubt.

 

It's hard to compare across era's so who knows.

 

I agree with this statement.

 

Probably but I think any ATG HW at their best would be top 3 in any era

 

Him and Ali both.

But that is a good question.

 

Hi slash.
With you, in fact I only see 2 in any era, Ali and Louis, really cannot see a reasonable case for it not being thus, I am an Ali advocate for No 1 but I get the fans who see Louis as such, then Johnson, Dempsey, Marciano, Foreman, Lewis, Holmes, in any order you like.
stay safe buddy, chat soon.
Mike.

 

So beating the likes of Conn, Mauriello, Simon, Schmeling, Max & Buddy, Nova, Pastor, Galento, and Farr translates into similar success against the likes of Lewis, Wlad & Vitali, Tua, Tyson, Holyfield, Bowe, Ruddock, Mercer, Byrd, Moorer, Foreman, Ibeabuchi? How confident are we of that exactly, and why? Galento's left hand momentarily had JL on skates. What do you suppose would happen if the bigger, faster, more athletic Ruddock's left hand gets home? What happens when Lewis or Wlad blasts him with a right hand? I don't see Joe's chin holding up as well vs. some of the 90s punchers.

We'll never know the answer of course, but Louis surely would have had a far more difficult schedule in the 90s, and I see that as highly questionable that he would be a top 3 guy in that era. Definitely not ahead of Lewis IMO.

 

Absolutely, and that is being conservative.

Like saying that Usyk wouldn't be out of the top three today.

 

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By definition only 3 HWs can be top 3 in any era. Number 4 can be best in most eras.

 

If he was born and raised in that era, absolutely. The cream rises to the top.

 

Remember when you said that Mike Tyson wouldn't crack the top 20 in the 1920s? You said even Mike Tyson circa 1988 would be lucky to beat Luis Firpo in 1923.