[GIF] Baer v. Galento

Like I said they aren't the greatest boxers nor highly skilled but they OBVIOUSLY had something or else they wouldn't have made it anywhere near the top. It's a common and stupid myth among you guys who **** on the older era that any ole' bar room fighter could have made it to the top and gave the champ problems.

 

Schmeling is a very interesting fighter, from a technical standpoint. He fought from an orthodox stance, but he basically turned the boxing book upside down. His opponent would lead with a jab, and he would lead with his right hand, and use it to counter the jab. If you didn’t leave yourself open, he simply pushed your left aside and countered you. He would then move in with left hooks to the body, and often close the deal with uppercuts. He was almost a chimera, in that the right side of his body was a technical boxer, and the left side was a pressure fighter. He was the kind of opponent that nobody would relish fighting if they knew what they were dealing with.

 

This of course has nothing to do with either of the following:

1. Walkers career best performance was holding Sharkey to a draw, while Schmeling annihilated him.

2. Walker was trained in the American tradition, which differed significantly from the European tradition.

 

Schmeling always respected Walker for the fight that he put up.

After he beat Joe Louis, he attended one of his fights.

He walked past all the former heavyweight champions lined up in their chairs, straight up to Walker , and shook his hand.

 

Ali wasn't prime Louis was.

 

Yeah anyone over 50 is a senile old fool.

 

I don't know what you mean by that. Care to explain?

 

Not really, I'm happy for people to keep their preconceived ideas.

 

Age doesn't equal wisdom. Experience equals wisdom.

 

Almost at the end of the clip, Galento hits a left on Baer's balls, followed by a elbow ..... lol

 

Forgive me if you've seen this already...

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