Joe Louis Would Have Beat The Klitschko's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91SNCeMgPyM


6'7" Buddy Baer was no chance for the Brown Bomber. Buddy had alot of power and knocked out several opponents, but was decked 3 times in the first round by Louis. People say the HW's today are just too big, but Louis, all 198 pounds of him, knocked out the 250 pound Baer.

 

Amen, did it inside six rounds too, gave "The Ambling Alp" a brutal bashing.

 

Carnera was durable, and defeated the likes of Tommy Loughran fair and square. Whether you doubt his abilities or not, Carnera was a tough ******* and knew how to use his size to his advantages. Baer, on the other hand, in his first fight with Louis put the Bomber on the canvas, only to almost go out himself in round seven. Louis, was death in rematches, he destroyed Buddy Baer with ease.

Wladimir Klitschko has lost to men as these in Lamon Brewster and Ross Purritty, and Vitali has lost to such as Chris Byrd. While they may or may not have gotten better since then, isnt so much the question, but really, their title defenses are no more better than Louis' own. At least Louis fought champions in Conn, Schmeling, Lewis, and other profile fighters who were former or future world champions. Vitali's claim to fame is being Lennox Lewis's last opponent more or less, and Wladimir is up to face David Haye because there is no real opponents left at HW.

I'll laugh my ass off if Haye manages an upset victory over Wladimir, and you can choke on your own words @ "Vitali never lost 13 rounds to a lightheavyweight". In fact, as mentioned before, he did worse, he won every round against a former middleweight only to give up.

 

Nova I believe was 6'4" or 6'5", and I believe Louis stopped him in five-six rounds. Abe Simon went the full route, but was stopped in a rematch. In all actuality, I think Louis has better luck with Vitali than he does Wladimir, because Vitali is the more engaging of the two giants. Whether Louis could knock Vitali out is a different argument altogether, but I believe he could score a decision. Wladimir would give Louis problems early on, but I think Louis could get inside fairly well, and could knock Wladimir out. Louis simply had too fast of hands for either man.

 

More skilled? Max Schmeling was a better boxer than either Klitschko. So was Billy Conn. Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles were also better. Bigger? As stated before, Carnera, Baer, Simon and Nova were all near or were the same size as the Klitschko's. Stronger? Max Baer, Rocky Marciano ring a bell? Even if you dismiss those two, Louis fought a wide array of punchers such as Galento and Gudoy who may not have been world class punchers elite, but none of them were able to withstand Louis's barrage.

Had Louis ever faced someone with all those attributes put together? No. But Louis had two things going for him and that was a sharp mind and deadly accuracy. He could figure his opponents out, and when he caught you, you wasnt going to get away so easily. He made you pay the price for wanting to exchange with him. I'd say Louis would be the better man in a series of fights with the Klitschko's, than say a head to head one shot deal.