if Conn had pulled it off against Louis, how long could he have ruled the HWs?

Louis would get rematch immediatly and stop him quickly. This ends Conn's reign.

 

If the war didnt freeze everything and Louis didnt get the immediate rematch I imagine Conn could have made a few defenses. It was the delay of the war that ruined Conn Zale and many other fighters for that matter.

 

Billy told Joe..."I woulda kept the title for 6 months, went down to the corner and told the boys im the Heavyweight Champion of the World!" The boys on the corner"!.

Joe said " you had it for 12 round you couldn't keep it how in the hell were you gonna keep it for 6 months."?

Those guys were good friends.

 

Until Louis got a rematch, which would likely have been very soon.

Conn would have known that a Louis rematch, was by far the biggest money fight out there.

He would also have known, that he was not good enough to be certain of beating the other top contenders, such as Lou Nova.

He might perhaps have gone for an easy pay day, against a no hoper, but it is more than likely that he just goes straight for a Louis rematch.

 

Until the re -match.