Could prime Joe Louis overcome 1974 George Foreman

Foreman up 23 to 19 in the poll.

 

My vote for Louis will swing things I hope.

 

Appears like it has a bit. 24 for Foreman, 23 for Louis so far.

 

I'll add one for Foreman to ease him up again.

 

Yeah...and then you woke up! Jimmy Young drops Foreman and Joe Louis couldn't?..."HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

 

Lyle/Foreman is one of the things that makes me think this ends early. Not because Foreman (or Louis) lacked durability, but because both guys' approaches seem to be built around forcing exchanges to KO the other guy. And both were good enough at finishing people off -- and fighting when hurt -- that I don't think we'll wait long.

Within that context of what their styles are designed to do, yeah, Louis probably has the better defense of the two. But I think it'll be a short shootout either way.

 

Revisiting this, the thread title is "could" prime Louis overcome prime Foreman, not "would."

I think he absolutely "could," without question.

This is another situation, however, where IMO no one is going to bat 1.000 in a sustained series of fights between the two.

 

That wasn't a "power drop". That was Foreman losing balance as he was hunting for the London style hail mary.