Send in your pre 1960s heavyweight to stop Lennox Lewis

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  1. Ali Holmes

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    But you cannot pick Joe Louis. What pre 60s heavyweight has the best shot at sparking Lewis?
     
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    No one
     
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  3. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    You mean one at a time?

    Nobody.
     
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    James Figg
     
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    That’s not true. Joe Louis would have a hell of a shot.
     
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  6. cross_trainer

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

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    Traditional picks would be Dempsey or Baer. I'm less confident of those.

    1959 Ingo, Cleveland Williams, or Liston might have a better chance, according to current conventional wisdom.
     
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  7. Ali Holmes

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    Yes.
     
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  8. Ali Holmes

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    Yeah but you can't pick Joe Louis.
     
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    that’s absurd. I’d also put 1959 Liston.
     
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  10. Ali Holmes

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    I'm not saying he wouldn't have a chance but I eliminated him because he's the obvious pick
     
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  11. Claw4075

    Claw4075 Ezzard Charles GOAT Full Member

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    No one. Louis would give him trouble for a while and get knocked out cold. Louis never faced a skilled big man.

    Sonny Liston would've been annihilated.
     
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  12. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    '59 Liston unless you want to exclude him to.
     
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  13. Ali Holmes

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    I thought of Liston as more of a 60s guy.
     
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    And Lennox never faced a skilled Joe Louis
     
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  15. Ali Holmes

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    Max Baer might be able to do a little something
     
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