Max Baer in the 1970s

I liken Galento to prime Mike Tyson more than Tua

 

It's a better win list as any contender in the 70s could boast.
Schmeling is an all time great and Schaaf and Farr were really good boxers, not the kind of fighters some of the 70s punchers fared well against.

 

The Schmeling fight. Lot more examples in the vid below.

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Oh yes I agree. He saw something.

 

Yes, cause all of these guys suck.

 

But they didn't.

 

Max Baer could beat chinny Ken Norton, but he'd be in trouble against: Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Holmes, Lyle, Young...
Maybe Max Baer would beat Shavers, but he would never take the title in the 70s.

 

You forget that unlike Lyle and Foreman, Baer actually beat defensively sound top contenders. He could very well beat Young, and Foreman, Frazier, Norton would all be in trouble against the best version of Baer.

 

Max Baer lost to Braddock.
And Braddock would lose to all the boxers I mentioned (Norton, Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Lyle, Holmes, Young and Shavers).

 

Better than the Hammer of Thor? Impossible !

 

Braddock was good enough to beat Shavers and Young who was offensively limited.
In any case, a loss to Braddock does not invalidate Baer's numerous achievements, it doesn't erase all his good wins over very capable fighters.

 

Max Baer lost to Braddock, but I think that most people accept that he was quite a bit better than Braddock at his best.

 

I have outlined how I think he might, with a lot of luck.

Obviously if we include the late 70s, and put him in his prime, then that is basically a weak era.

 

I agree that Max Baer is the second HW of the 30s; behind Joe Louis.
I don't think Baer would have taken the title in the 70s.
The early 70's are full of HW ATG and there Baer has no chance for the title.
Late 70's (70's without Frazier and Foreman) are weaker and that's where Baer has a better chance for the title, but would he beat the "hungry" Holmes; I doubt it.