Jack Johnson vs Joe Louis

"Louis would whip Jack Johnson sure," said Blackburn. "We wouldn't be a bit afraid to take him on. Johnson was a defensive fighter. He'd fool around until you made a mistake and then pop you. Louis would get him first.
"Louis reminds me of Joe Jennette more than any other colored fighter I ever saw. He's as cool and just as tough, and can punch like Old Joe in his prime. I even believe Louis is a better boxer than Old Joe."
"Would you send Louis in against Langford if he were around?"
"Now you're talking about a fighter," answered Blackburn. "No, I don't think so. You had to know a lot to fight him. He was mightly tough, too. But there aren't any more Langford's around. We are barring only one fighter now and that's Baer, and we'll be ready for him soon." circa: April 9, 1935 New York

 

And this isn't even the interview I have…

Man, Langford seems to have impressed people more than any other fighter I can think of...

 

Louis

 

Against the flow Johnson picked Schmeling to stop Louis in their first fight .He was right!

 

Louis much too much, accurate hard combo-power shots-Johnson slips and slides,holds for a while but BB gets him trapped in a 6-peice combo for the ko

 

Blackburn Rates Joe Louis Above Langford * Tells What He Believes Champ Would Have Done To Old Fighters * The Plaindealer - September 15, 1939 *

Trainer Jack Blackburn took time off last week from his task of getting Joe Louis ready for his title defense against Bob Pastor in Detroit later this month to declared that he now thinks the champion is even greater than Sam Langford.
"It may sound like applesauce coming from me, because I'm the boy's trainer," Blackburn said,"but I honestly believe he's the greatest heavyweight who ever lived and could have licked all the champions in their prime."
It was recalled that a few years ago Blackburn was asked how Louis compared with the oldtimers. The trainer, himself one of the ring greats of another day, gave the nod to Louis over all the others until someone brought up Langford's name.
"Boy, now your talking about a fighter," Blackburn said at the time. "Old Sam was a real fighter. He and Joe would be a whale of a battle."
His attiude indicated Langford would have whipped Joe. Reminded of this last week, Blackburn said, "We're talking about a different Louis now.
Joe is a better fighter since Schmeling stopped him. He's changed all around. He doesn't fool around anymore. He goes out and fires instead of letting the other guy do it.
"Louis of today would beat old Sam, and with his left hand. Most people think Joe just jabs with the left, they're wrong. It's what you call a half hook and he'd tear your head right off with it-just like he did Schmeling when they met the last time."
Telling how the titleholder would have whipped the old champions, Blackburn said, "Sullivan was big and slow and easy to hit. Joe couldn't have missed him. Corbett was a good boxer, but couldn't keep a hard hitter away from him. Fitzsimmon's proved that when he knocked Corbett out and I think Joe hits harder than Fitz did. Fitz could hit all right but he had long arms and Joe would have got inside of him easy then hooked him until he quit.
"Jeffries was too slow and he was muscle-bound. Maybe he would have given Joe trouble fighting from a crouch but when he straightened up, Joe would have nailed him. Jack Johnson was next. He couldn't punch. He was a waiter. Joe would have walked into him like he did last summer against Schmeling. It wouldn't have taken long.
"Willard was big and slow and it would have been only a matter of time for Joe, just like it was when he fought Carnera, Dempsey would have given Joe a great fight but I think Joe would have beaten him to the punch, for Dempsey was a hooker and Joe punches straight, A straight puncher wins every time.
"Tunney was just like old Fitz. He couldn't hit hard enough to keep a hard, fast puncher like Joe away from him. Don't forget Dempsey caught Tunney and he was an old man when he caught him and put him down for that long count."

 

Freddie Guinyard, Joe Louis's closest friend since they met at 12 years old.
"You know what Chappy told me once,when we were talking ?

He said "Freddie,Jack Johnson would have whipped Joe every night of the week because he moved.I hate to say this ,but that's what would've happened".
Then ,when Walcott made a ****** out of him by this fast moving and shaking ,I saw what he was talking about".
"Joe Louis The Brown Bomber by Joe Louis Barrow Jnr".

 

Im very comfortable going with Louis.

I believe he can preempt the clinch by getting off first. Johnson leaves way too many openings for a sharp shooter like Louis.

 

Read a while back on ESB that Johnson had stated that Louis's balance wasn't very good and he would give him a boxing lesson.

 

Did Blackburn get quoted as saying Tunney couldn't hit like Fitz? I immediately discredits anything he said in public. I'll go with what he said in confidence.