Schmeling was explosive, quick with great power and timing. Only man to finish Stribling, Risko, Louis and Hamas all when they were young. Louis...
[MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA] Schmeling was a better finisher. Nova and Baer were big hitters.
Sharkey and Baer are the ones he loses to. He can get a win from Sharkey but it can go either way.
Louis was never floored by a fighter who didn't have big power. Walcott, Braddock, Schmeling, Baer and Galento were all renowned punchers.
So a faded Young is now better than Nova, Savold, Mann, Ettore, Simon, Natie Brown, Leroy Haynes and Don Barry?
Schmeling's a death sentence, Sharkey is a pick em, he beats Bivins. For Galento and Baer he either takes them out very quickly or they take him...
Nathan Mann and Lee Savold were skilled and both lost. The problem is the only film we have to judge Baer by is him fighting an absolute prime...
Schmeling 2 Conn 1 Walcott 2 Max Baer James Braddock Lou Nova Bob Pastor 2 Buddy Baer 2 John Henry Lewis Godoy 2 Fights that almost made the...
Schmeling Tunney Dempsey Charles Sharkey
In the Baer fight, the ring microphone captured the sound of his punches thumping on Baer's face. The right uppercut he hit Louis with sent...
I honestly don't see how posters use the Williams fight to argue in favour of Foreman. Those are examples of how Liston could deal with an overly...
He had one. Propensity for being knocked down before getting warmed up. A lot of punches that he'd just tank in the middle rounds could drop him...
No one overrates Louis' foot speed. It's in fact one of his most underrated attributes. Conn is the fastest thing the heavyweight division ever...
Saying that he wasn't hard to hit because two of the greatest counter punchers managed to land on him is funny. Young Stribling was kayoed once...
Tunney knocks him out, with a jab.
