Great article and like Dempsey, management guided Louis' opponent selection and you can be sure they did it for the same reason and that was...
Ok so to be clear you are saying there were absolutely zero black fighters that deserved title shots during Louis' twelve year reign other than...
Why not suggest the Chinese contenders he could have fought , key word being contenders ..
In twelve years ( eight or so active ) he fought two black challengers opposed to twenty or so white .. those numbers show the best didn't always...
Its a very sound post and it’s clear Louis didn’t fight everyone. I’m sure it was money, the political climate and risk management. Worth a much...
Ali Frazier.
Mathis .. Cobb too slow and poorly conditioned ..
Canelo too strong and too good ... the very best Martinez is a gallant loser ... anything less gets beat up
Marciano had a great chin and we never saw him badly hurt on film .. there are reports in early fights he was stung or wobbled but zero we can see...
Joe Frazier was a great fighter and an all time top ten P4P heavyweight for sure ... all accomplished nearly blind in one ever from the start of...
He likely fought it in Lewis but it was an older Lewis ...
Not really. All were inconsistent fighters with short primes and other than Tate came after Holmes was past his best anyway.
Interesting, I'm reading it as well ... astonishing what a deep era he fought in at 175 ..
What's fu ny is that the first fight had an impact on Hagler .. I believe Marvin had questions about his stamina and going 15 and in the first...
You have three bouts that define the 20th Century transcending an boxing event ... Johnson - Jeffries, Louis - Schmeling 2 and Ali - Frazier 1....
