"Williams hit Liston with a left hook that would have finished any other man" Gross remembered. "It would have torn some fighters hears off. Liston just blinked and came right back." Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54152307/fort-lauderdale-news/ Liston was seen as a juggernaut back in the day. Invulnerable and indestructible. Cops used to break nightsticks over his head in an attempt to incapacitate him but it wouldn't even phase him! He proved his chin in slug fests with Williams, Valdez, Dejohn, and others. He was also only down twice (I'd argue once legitimately) in his career. He also did handstands on his neck, and other neck exercises to strengthen his neck and by extension, durability. To put that in perspective, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes, Louis, Tyson went down as much or even more in one fight! I respectfully disagree. I don't see Holmes going down nearly as much as Louis did against the same competition. On the other hand I think Louis would go down a fair bit against the same competition Holmes faced. Agreed. I'd also add Tua, Ike, and Vitali.
Well i do accept he has a good chin, a very good one. Fights against the likes of a foreman or Frazier certainly would have sorted it out very clearly is what i am implying. Maybe but it's speculation. I'd be shocked if a Snipes hurt Louis just the same as i'd be shocked if Holmes got dropped by Galento. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe chopped down the likes of Weaver quite quickly. Louis shook some bombs off against Baer with aplomb and Walcott is known for dropping people with fast hard sneaky counters that are hard to brace for. Heck look at that ATG KO of Charles. I still don't think there's much between them.
