Fair enough too. I rate Louis higher than most in a H2H basis tbh (probably my number 1 or 2).
I still see a lot of romanticization in those words tbh. I could say the exact same things about Mike Tyson. Rate Tyson above Joe Louis and see...
Yeah, but if you ask them reasons to rank Dempsey as the greatest, I bet they would say some of those cliches "he was the fearsome!" "the most...
He had a exciting style, so obviously people will like him. He was incredibly overrated though ? Hell yes.
I think Max probably didn't even hear whatever his trainers said to him, he simply didn't care enough to his boxing career I guess
Not one person mentioned Louis vs Carnera.
:p
Give me ten!
I think Duran and Chavez had a lot in common, with a few different details though.
Dempsey hit harder than Marciano, at least Dempsey stopped some big guys!
Well, they were all small as hell, seriously anyone really beleive that Tyson wouldn't stop a guy like Harry Matthews cold ? Harry Matthews would...
Walcott and who else like that that were real HWs ? No doubt at all in my mind that Tyson would murder supermiddleweights and light heavies with...
Carnera fight, right ? I need to watch the Schmeling bout again, I know I will see something that I don't rememeber in there.
Yeah, I thought about Gans. But, we have what ? 6 minutes of clear footage ? I forgot Charley Burley, something like 30 minutes of footage is...
Obviously I can see it was not much. But, was there anything that you can say "Listen, Max was really good doing this and this and that in terms...
