understand that at his best Jimmy Bivins was very good, but this was latter in his career. Was he still a formidable oppoenentfor Joe Louis or was he just a name with not much left?
The thing with Bivins though he was periodically able to turn in an absoloutly superb performance post-prime. He was inconsistent in this time frame but he also racked up some really good wins.
As you say ,both were past their sell by date,but Louis retained quite a bit of his "get out of jail "power, whereas Bivins was essentialy a boxer.
Orirray obviously lacks forum generalship among everything else really . remark : when i noticed this thread it was immediately next 2 another thread regarding Bivins vs Louis .
Hey, some threads die before their time, ain't nothing wrong in bringing them back to life if they are good.
Of course, not. Many of the ones you bring back would just be re-posted over and over. Some of them have got an additional 5+ pages of discussion after you've brought them back.
Louis was five years older Bivins and had been a professional six years longer. He was just that much better than Bivins ever was. If they had met in their primes rather than Louis going off to help the war effort the conclusion of this fight would have been much more decisive with Louis the victor. Just one man's opinion
