Breaking down Joe Louis: Part 6 - Putting It All Together

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  1. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It very well might have been the best strategy for Walcott.. as we saw in the next fight he eventually got caught. My impressed me so much about Walcott's performance was that in 1 full fight and most of another.. Walcott toyed and played with Louis... He was showboating constantly and making Joe look foolish in doing so. You can't continue that kinda of strat with one of the best of all time and not get caught eventually. That is exactly what happened in the 2nd fight.
     
    KuRuPT, Jul 30, 2012
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  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Sadly, The Ring is more concerned with giving us 3 pages of pics of a ring card girl.

    Telling us what music fighters are currently listening to and, what were the best moments outside of boxing that promoters and trainers have experienced?

    Plus they appear to have no interest in any fight that did not happen in the last month or so. It is a sad facsimile of the magazine I first began buying in the 60's.
    Plenty of action shots but light on analysis, and the" why's and wherefore's".

    They could do with your McGrain,and you should be available , [ especially as, according to Mendoza, you do not have a life].:lol:
     
    mcvey, Jul 30, 2012
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  3. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    This is some fantastic stuff McGrain!!
    :thumbsup

    I've read the first 2 so far and intend to finish the rest soon!
     
    Rumsfeld, Aug 1, 2012
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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :cheers
     
    McGrain, Aug 2, 2012
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  5. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Update! I intend to finish the rest sober.

    :lol::good
     
    Rumsfeld, Aug 2, 2012
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  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Part VI: Putting It All Together

    http://www.boxing.com/how_to_box_by_joe_louis_part_sixputting_it_all_together.html

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    His reward, outside of the $400,000 he had just banked, was to be compared in the next few days in the press to every dangerous animal that walked the earth. Lions, tigers, bears, snakes, hawks and most of all panthers were what the champion was like and the racial climate in which he fought makes us look back and shake our heads at the casual racism.

    It is a fact, however, that some of the pressmen that talked about Louis in these terms were black.

    It can be argued that the African American of the time had not yet found himself and this is a position with weight. Louis himself, by virtue of his skill in the ring would take a hand in steering his race toward calmer waters and Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and John F Kennedy were all in America’s glittering future. But I do not think it was a matter of race—or not only of race.

    It’s us.

    We all look at Louis and see something primal because there is something primal within all of us. He speaks to it.
     
    McGrain, Aug 18, 2012
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  7. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    Awesome series.

    I've felt for a while the footage of the first Walcott fight was inconclusive. The rematch was decisive.
     
    Flea Man, Aug 18, 2012
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  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Thanks flea. I won't lie, it was a beast of a thing to write and i'm actually pretty glad to see that back of it.

    Althought...there's actually going to be a part VII, just for fun.
     
    McGrain, Aug 18, 2012
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  9. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Nice stuff McG! My grandpa is a huge Joe Louis fan, an absolute fanboy actually. We have debated Louis vs Ali for years :lol:

    Love Louis' supreme focus in there. He always reminded me of a panther the way he came at you, so calculated and lethal.
     
    turbotime, Aug 18, 2012
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  10. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    I wanted to wait until you had completed the series before reading it.

    Style analysis is my major weakness as boxing fan and seeing someone go this in depth is fascinating to me.

    What a credit to the site you are McG, fantastic work.
     
    lufcrazy, Aug 18, 2012
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  11. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    I can imagine, it's easy to forget that it can't be easy finding all these details as it flows effortlessly off the page/screen.

    Fair play mate, and thanks.
     
    Flea Man, Aug 18, 2012
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  12. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thank you McGrain. Its always a treat to read something on boxing less divisive and more educational than the usual ESB fare (which I don't always mind either).
     
    LittleRed, Aug 18, 2012
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  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Cheers boys. It's you guys that this was aimed at really, which is to say this is never going to be the type of thing widely read by boxing fans. But I think the thread proves there was a pretty healthy interest on here and I'm glad of it.
     
    McGrain, Aug 18, 2012
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  14. KidJackal

    KidJackal Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This thread makes my previous doubting of Louis seem pretty ******ed
     
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  15. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :good:good ATG stuff McGrain !! I only read part 1 and 2 so far, probably this weekend I´ll read the rest.....
     
    Vic-JofreBRASIL, Aug 18, 2012
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