Tommy Morrison vs. Joe Louis

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Tommy Morrison vs. Joe Louis

  1. Tommy by KO

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  2. Tommy by Dec.

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  3. Joe by KO

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    83.1%
  4. Joe by Dec.

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  1. moneytheman12

    moneytheman12 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    facts say the same thing not about who won or didnt it's the movement that matters only

    no he cant see i keep telling you that
    ali knew joe tech was bad which is why he copied srr
     
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  2. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Goerge, is that a trick question? Does he ever lol?!
     
  3. moneytheman12

    moneytheman12 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    they dont look at stuff with glasses cause glasses help people they cant see at all or just act like it

    me and you aren't blind
     
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    moneytheman12 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    yea and the odd thing is they always say how Louis not using much energy was good yea it was back then and before his time it would work

    but if he needed to fight a modern his choice would be to use more energy it's easy to see this to
     
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  5. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm afraid you're asking for way too much. I hope to see him trying to respond with anything substantial, but I don't have any hope...

    I appreciate your short, yet efficient summary of Louis style though - you're one of the better ones at that here! ;)
     
  6. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Bro I just spit out my water and laughed out loud :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
     
  7. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Thanks man!

    I do think people overlook a lot of Louis' style. He's often simplified to a small pressure fighter with a frightful offense but a bad chin. I don't think it's anywhere near that simple. A straight copy and paste comparison between Arguello and Louis doesn't stick IMO. Louis had lots of Napoles-isms in his style, and while Arguello is a better 'fit', they weren't carbon copies.
     
  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I have fun :lol:
     
  9. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    So now results don't matter. Only if you look good on film and can use fancy eye pleasing movement.

    I guess Tyrell Biggs would go 80-0 in Louis era since he has very good movement and is a tall modern sized guy? It doesn't matter that he got destroyed nearly everytime he stepped up taking L after L?

    By this logic, random guys on Instagram who can do the Ali shuffle should be favored to beat Louis.

    We're also forgetting the elephant in the room, which is that Morrison's only instance of successfully winning a fight with lateral movement was against a very slow, fat, 40 year old man who he was so scared of that he literally turned his back and ran from at one point. If that's enough to convince you he boxes circles around Louis--despite the fact 99% of the time he fought like an abrasive body building trailer park boy at a bowling alley with leaky defense--then you either haven't watched any Louis fights or you think movement is the end all be all to winning fights (or both). The latter stance is very odd considering Louis beat every slick mover he faced in his era and dominated with his more methodical economic movement...but I guess results don't matter.
     
  10. mr. magoo

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    Whatever opinion you like
     
  11. moneytheman12

    moneytheman12 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    I dont think of what I say as opinion you think of your words as that
     
  12. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Yes I do because that’s what they are.
     
  13. moneytheman12

    moneytheman12 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    well see thats why im separate from you people you gave alexis and said he did good when you know but wont admit he did good cause he advanced like I always said joe would have to do

    alexis had mutiple changes to the style which you do see that is no opinion he knew he had to like I always say

    if he didnt he would be destroyed just like the real joe if he came in outdated no opinion its fact

    same way ali who used srr style added to it cause he knew it was outdated he needed to advance it

    facts legend magoo
     
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  14. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Then if you want to consider what you think as being fact, go for it. I don’t care
     
  15. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I do, however, think that he has the right idea when he addresses you with the exalted title, "Legend Magoo."
     
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