Billy Conn

Joe Louis would of stretched Foster

 

I think it's because Foster didn't get on the backfoot and move like some others have done. People say he couldn't really do it at HW but his only real prime losses are Ali and Frazier and he had some success with his jab against Ali

 

The more I think of Conn I'm convinced that he's up in the elite with Tunney and Charles..maybe even the best. I used to think if he could come so close vs Louis then, what lightheavy did he even have to worry about..then I thought maybe that was a little simplistic...now I'm thinking that makes sense. Conn was exemplified the 40's spirit..the WW2 era champion to the hilt..with confidence and guts to go with all that crazy skill.

 

conn was a complete fighter. the only think he lacked was devastating power. but he had the rest - he could box and move on the outside, he could fight skillfully on the inside, he wasnt afraid to rough his man up. he knew all the tricks. and he could take a punch and had a ton of heart
hes one of the greatest fighters ever

 

Guts, skills, attitude..Conn was the complete package. The real real deal.

 

Even regardless of how well he fared against Louis, you want to check out how many solid, accurate, sickening punches it took for Louis to drop him. One tough hombre

 

Conn beat something like 10 former and future world champions on his way up to the Lt.Heavy crown...then he almost beats Joe Louis in 1941...in his prime he was one of the best pure boxers of all time...

 

its easy to say all that pony after the fight but watch the whole of round 13 and decide for yourself. I didn’t see conn come out storming for the KO - he boxed. I did however see billy shoot his bolt in spirited retaliation to Joe Louis hurting him. conn gamely fought his way out of a corner then ran out of steam. I think Billy just went along with THE "i went for the KO" line once people started saying he hurt Louis in round 12 and had a go in round 13 before he got caught but IMO its just not how it happened. He boxed brilliantly but was made to fight when he was cornered.

 

Of course not. You can lure a fighter into opening up, there is more ways to skin a cat - but to me Conn looks a lot less like a fighter looking for a KO until he has his bell rung.

getting rather spikey today arnt we?

Like I say, it was a great fight and conn boxed well.

 

NEVER,NEVER an amateur, Billy Conn was thrown to the wolves. Just think by the age ot TWENTY Billy faced a prime Fritzie Zivic,Babe Risko, Vince Dundee, Oscar Rankings, Teddy Yarosz, Young Corbett, powerful punching Solly Krieger,all whom he BEAT... By the age of 22, Conn licked the terrific prime Fred Apostoli twice, Eric Seelig, Melio Bettina 2 [I saw Bettina draw with Jimmy Bivins MSG], Gus Dorazio, Gus Lesnevich, then soon after the 165-70 pound Conn kod the elusive Bob Pastor, who kod the feared Lem Franklin, Al McCoy, Lee Savold[ in Savold's prime] ... Kod the tough Finn Gunnar Barlund [who kod Buddy Baer], and then Billy's great effort against the 30 pound heavier immortal Joe Louis.
Truly there will never be a Billy Conn again. Hollywood looks ,combined with the guts of a burgler... Not for nothing was he called Pittsburgh's second greatest fighter ever. Of course we know who # 1 was...Cheers...

 

ouch!!! she bites!

already seen it. still dont think conn set out to to go for the knock out at the start of round 13. its not bull**** to say that since he dosnt look like a fighter going for the knock out at the start of that round, at least i am not trashing billy conn like you did the other day.