Which heavyweight With an iron chin ,would give "prime Joe Louis"the most trouble?

Vitali would probably hammer him over 15

 

I will hazard a guess that Arturo Godoy might have given him problems.

 

Ike Ibeabuchi. Sounds like a dumb pick but has size, power, and volume. Long night for Joe.

 

It's by no means a dumb pick.Despite Joe Louis's greatness Ibeabuchi could have given Joe hell.

 

We tend to view the first Louis Simon fight as a one sided beatdown, and it basically was.

However Louis said that it was one of the hardest fights of his career, and that Simon hurt him with everything that he hit him with.

Obviously that woudl have made for a very long night.

Men like Louis don't find it easy, they just make it look easy.

So yes, that might be a good call.

 

Homes, Holyfield and Tyson would all be very hard fights for Joe Louis. Would any of them beat him ? I don’t know.

 

I think Dempsey, Marciano, Tyson, Holyfield, Holmes and Ali of course all tough fights for Louis. But he comes out ahead overall IMO. Probably add Liston too and Foreman as well.

 

I think the best version of Evander Holyfield would be a tough fight for anybody, including Joe louis.

 

Jimmy Young.

 

Holyfield, Ibeabuchi and Young are names that I think would be KO’d by Louis, namely Holyfield that’s a guy I think JL would have a good time with he’s too eager for his own good.

 

Vitali is the obvious choice for me.

He is similar to louis in that he likes to keep his balance and that he doesn't really overcommit himself. Louis would have problems with Vitali beyond the fact that he has an iron chin. His vast size means that Louis has to get inside to be effective, and Vitali's use of counterpunching and bodysway is going to make things rough for Joe. Of course Louis has more speed, and that would certainly help. But Vitali has a great sense of timing which means Louis is going to get tagged too. Down the stretch I think Vits is simply too freaking big and too busy for Louis to handle.