91 foreman v prime Carnera?

Fair point.

 

This is one version of his account. He was equally if not more harsh with Baer.
You have to take everything into account, not just cherrypicked snippets.

 

this is the real stuff.
Not the foofoo mcvey version.
http://imgur.com/RwXKxoE
http://imgur.com/6IwHU5A
http://imgur.com/a/VJFQx

This account was personally signed by the man himself!
http://imgur.com/a/o5bST

 

I'm cherry picking nothing. Now on which page are the positive comments about Carnera that you say are in Louis' book because I can't find them!

 

UOTE="reznick, post: 18590597, member: 54206"]Damn right, this is the real stuff.
Not the foofoo mcvey version.
http://imgur.com/RwXKxoE
http://imgur.com/6IwHU5A
http://imgur.com/a/VJFQx

This account was personally signed, sealed, and delivered!
http://imgur.com/a/o5bST
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Different book and there is nothing positive about Carnera in those comments . I have," Joe Louis My Life" from which I took my quotes, all authenticated and primary sourced.I don't lie , I don't cherry pick, and I don't alter facts.

 

Who're you talking to...
Cuz it can't be me!

 

"In no part of it does he mention Carnera in a derogatory or negative way."
He does in his autobiography!

 

Not in My Life Story from 1947 he doesn't. Which was what I said in my post.

 

He doesn't say anything complimentary about him either does he?

 

I didn't say he did.
But he called him his biggest test up to that point in his career.

And he illustrates that it was a serious fight, with a serious training camp.
It was their time to prove themselves on the world stage in NY at the Garden.
Beating Primo Carnera was a big deal.
Beating him gave Louis the confidence that he could be champion.

And as someone else pointed out, Louis rated Carnera in his top 5 wins, which is no big surprise given how big of a victory it was for him.

The quote you keep referring to is as unflattering as one he gave on Max Baer.

 

I can’t remember off the top of my head, but these matches have been debated.

 

I don't mind Carnera being tried on Louis's testimony, provided that it is the entirety of his testimony, and not segments cherry picked to portray Carnera in a negative light.

 

This might surprize you, but we never actually saw ourselves as a camp.

The idea of the question being a faceoff between adversarial camps is the mind-set that your side has brought to the table, and the form that you have forced the debate to take.

 

Louis had the confidence he would beat Carnera once he saw him fight Baer and he said so in print!
You're clutching at straws!

 

I don't care what you do or do not mind ,you long ago ceased to be relevant to me as a serious poster.