Who says Joe Louis couldn't punch anymore in 1950?

Yea I'd say it was more a matter of his feet/reactions being so slow he couldnt get his best shots off

 

Valentino was blind in one eye.
In the ten fights of his comeback Louis scored 3 stoppages and one of those was on cuts.
Louis himself said ." I could see openings but my reactions were too slow to take advantage of them",and,"my right hand dont leave me no more".
Louis said that in his prime he thought he would have ko 'd Charles in 6/7 rds.

Even the very moderate Andy Walker went into the 10th rd before being tkod.

How many right hands did Louis throw at Marciano?

 

by then joe was truly finished as you say, with only limited use of either hand.

 

Exhibition.

 

Louis relied on speed and timing as much as power. Agreed, his reflexes were on the slide by 1950. Never a clubbing type of puncher like George Foreman, Louis's power did not age well.

 

this is not vintage louis but it is a world class fighter knocking out another world class fighter - and in some style! another fighter putting out this form would be considered a hot contender at worse.

 

Pat Valentino was there to be hit in all fairness.

 

No one came out of a fight with Louis without taking some damage.

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pat looked in shape and looked like hed been schooled and worn down. Louis didnt have the speed of old but he knew how to place a shot and create an opening, at this stage he is effective. takes him longer but gets the job done like a good vetran. Louis did well to put pat down like that with the big gloves on.

 

GreatA, You could say that again.

Quesiton For SuizeQ. If Louis had all sorts of power, why did he only score 3 Ko's in his last 10 fights?

And let's be clear here one of them came in the last round vs. a joruneyman in Andy Walker who 10 times in his career...and the other 9 guys did it faster than Louis.

I think the evidence here is rather clear. Louis was not a KO puncher in the 50's