The Charles fight Louis is by far the worst version of Louis there is. 218 lbs, two years retired, 36 years old, it doesn't get worse than that....
It wasn't Baer that was the second best, it was Schmeling and by a clear margin. Even if he lost in an off performance he was rated for pretty...
Billy weighed 180 lbs a month before fighting Louis, against Gunnar Burland whom he knocked out. Of course, Conn could have come in at his usual...
Anyone else think Conn's and Greb's fighting style would be similar? Greb was described as a windmill of punches, and nothing else fits that...
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...
You forget that unlike Lyle and Foreman, Baer actually beat defensively sound top contenders. He could very well beat Young, and Foreman, Frazier,...
The Schmeling fight. Lot more examples in the vid below. [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
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...
So one off performance erases wins over Carnera, Schmeling, Schaaf, Levinsky, Farr, Comiskey and Galento.
He'd be the best slugger around aside from Foreman, without George's stamina issues. Beats Frazier, Norton, Chuvalo, Shavers, Lyle, Ellis 50/50...
Conn 1 Max Baer Schmeling 2 B. Baer 1 or 2 Schmeling 1 A fight that could have been fun to watch would be the Red Burman fight. He came right at...
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Baer actually used an accurate jab to time Schmeling as he was coming in, overly aggressively. Then he was ripping 8 punch combinations with hooks...
Schmeling is comparable to all the three guys you mentioned. Ex champ, didn't really get beat out of his title, rated for 10 years, atg right...
The fans at the press conference.
