Joe Louis would obliterate George Foreman

I would not care to call the round opr how long Louis would take to pick Foreman apart, but I get the idea that this fight would be a bit predictable.

Styles make fights and this is a bad match for Foreman.

 

I'm not comin' here for this debate.........:-(

MR.BILL:bbb

 

As great as Louis was, he was there to be hit. Fighters with half of Foreman's power floored him. I favor Louis in this matchup, but the puncher's chance in this case is a big one.

 

Joes combos would light up Foremans grill

Wow what a punchline

 

You mean the Louis that couldn't avoid an ancient Schmeling's right hand for the life of him? By "what he would have done" do you mean drive his face into Foreman's fists until George gets tired of hitting him? :huh

 

Yes, I agree. On his best night, Louis' faster, more accurate combinations together with his generally more skilled and fundamental approach, better defence, timing and judgement of distance would win out decisively. Foreman would get beaten to the punch and probably stopped very early.

 

First good prediction from you

 

He would defeat old Foreman a young Foreman yes but I wouldn't bet anything on it.

 

The Baer fight was a tantalizing glimpse of a mobile Joe Louis..not the shufflin' Joe we all know of...the Baer fight was Louis at his best, and yes, he would have ko'ed big George, or for that matter, ANY heavyweight of history.

 

Schmeling was the opposite of Foreman ... Max was a calculating, economical , sharp puncher ... he waited for rounds till he found the proper opening opposed to throwing all caution to the wind ...

I think Foreman was light years ahead of Baer ... he had a much better jab even in 73 .. However the Louis of the M. Baer fight was exceptional because he actually used leg speed and movement instead of a methodical shuffle ... that Louis spells doom for Foreman, Liston, the Klitschko Brothers, Lewis , pretty much any of the giants in my book ... No one that I have ever seen on film threw with that speed and power ... simply devastating ...

 

The version of Louis that fought Schmeling wasn't the same as the one that wiped out Baer. Louis got over confident after Baer, and amazingly, abandoned that footwork he used against Max Baer.