Evander Holyfield vs Joe Louis

so no louis or anybody else from that time beats holy or gives him a challenge

 

Pat M is right

 

Yeah, it's fair to pick the worst Schmeling filmed performance but it's not fair to point out that Holyfield lost to Moorer...

 

Completely agree with everything you said.

 

and posted vids of showing the big jump in skills and movement

 

Pat M posted them ? Do you have any links ?

 

go up to 46 mins ago my comment and click expand its vids there and the breakdown

 

Fun thread, 50-50 fight.

 

Not much doubt about this one for mine. Holyfield too hittable & too willing to be hit. He’s not really better in any category than Louis, sans chin & perhaps heart.

TKO7 after a pair of knockdowns convince the referee Holyfield cannot continue.

 

Agreed! Holyfield couldn't get rid of a 43 year old Foreman and an ancient Holmes but he'll beat a prime Joe Louis?
7th round TKO sounds about right

 

Holyfield falls in 5.

 

Holyfield, though he is thereabouts for the top 10 HW champions of all-time for mine, just doesn’t match up well with most of the legends of the division. He can’t blow them out & he can’t outbox them, is known to fade down the stretch, & lacks gameplan discipline. He’s something of a master of all trades but a legend of none (heart & chin, as I say, maybe the exceptions).

 

I will go with Joe Louis by decision in a great, close fight!