The best fighter Joe Louis beat

P4P in heavyweight rankings?

Max Schmeling and Jersey Joe Walcott are both in my top 20 heavyweight list. Billy Conn would be in my top 20 light heavyweight list. Maybe John Henry Lewis and Jimmy Bivins too.

 

Jersey Joe Walcott
And I've got him at number 2

 

The best fighter the he beat in a P4P sense was Billy Conn, and the second best was John Henry Lewis.

As for the best heavyweight that be beat, that is between Baer, Schmeling and Walcott.

Personally I like Schmeling, but you can make a case for any of the three.

 

somewhere in the top ten. best fighter? Maybe Sharkey or Schmeling

 

Baer, Schmeling or Walcott are all acceptable answers.

 

Walcott or Bivins because of how past-it Louis was. Conn was a better fighter, but Louis was in his best years. Lewis was shot, & Schmeling past it.

 

Max Baer for me.

 

Joe himself said it was Billy Conn.

 

Walcott personally not super high on the rest of his wins

 

Did you forget Tony Galento, the forerunner of David Tua?

 

What do you mean "not high on the rest of his wins"???

 

Buddy or Max?

 

John Henry Lewis.

190 pound Braddock is the 2nd best 30s HW IMO but Lewis could have been the GOAT of boxing. Not the HW GOAT or the LHW one but the GOAT of the whole sport.

Walcott probably doesn't make the top 10 for me. Tony Galento likely doesn't make the top 20.