I see a 75-76 ron lyle giving joe louis a dangerous fight

Cope.

 

Ron was dangerous, absolutely. Eventually getting run over by Louis? Certain.

 

It really is blatant, Ron Lyle would be lucky to win three rounds of 15 and if he goes at Louis like he did Foreman he’d be lucky to see past the second.

 

He’s so functional- did you hear about how he used to do a thousand push up’s a day? On just a single bowl of spinach, if he had have eaten a few more calories he’d have expanded to monstrous proportions at least Mr Olympia ready.

 

Sure he lost to both, but dude, he outboxed the greatest heavyweight boxer and outslugged the greatest heavyweight slugger. He could and would probably take a lot more than 3 rounds against Joe Louis.

 

Neither Foreman or Ali are the boxer Louis is and your point about Ali is debatable but not worth arguing about, I cannot imagine how badly it would go for Lyle if he tried to box Joe Louis and I don’t think there is a single fighter to have been born yet, who should be advised to stay on top of Louis and try to get him out of there the same way Lyle did to Foreman.

 

Everyday we step onto the battlefield, little by little we toil, laying the bricks of the old world on new soil and in the place of less old bricks and hope the people to come look back upon what we built and say “1970s Boxing is good but no 1930s boxing”

 

“Louis is the GOAT and Ali is a dope.” thus spoke Zarathustra

 

Swirling in the abyss the unknown quantity that is John L Sullivan holds the very fabric of the fantasy boxing universe together- should we see, we shall be lost. All is one- but Louis is the key.

 

I see Louis stopping him in about three ... not a good match up for Ron ...

 

Louis was a cerebral fighter, he was not the boxer Ali was and not the slugger Foreman was. He was a blending of those types of styles and that's why he was he was so effective, plus his punching efficiency. Just to be clear, we are debating here about Louis and Lyle, but regardless, I think Louis would stop Lyle in probably about 10 rounds, give or take a couple depending on the pace.

One of the main points holding me back is that there is not real strong case for Louis' chin.

 

Ummm...... Louis had similar boxing skills of Ali combined with Formanesque punching power. Louis by KO. Lyle would be more suited for Buddy Baer

 

Quarry vs Sharkey and Nova vs Norton would be good fights.

 

The most Lyle would do is perhaps floor Louis. Lyle vs Buddy Baer would be a more winnable fight for Lyle.

 

That's quite a bit I would say. A lot of good fighters couldn't do it.