Joe Louis 12 year reign 1988-2000

That sure put's it into perspective!

 

Well in that time line ,at some point he'd be facing a young Tyson, Holyfield ,Bowe ,Lewis, and young Vit ,so if he beats all those guys he really is the greatest .

 

Slim to none.

 

The odds would be close to zero.

 

Slim and none... and Slim just left town.

 

Highly improbable bordering on impossible. Too many great fighters to contend with and there wasn't a world war going on to allow him to sit on the title for years.

 

He'd do very well but he wouldn't hold on to the strap for 12 years. Too many landmines in that field. He was a tremendous offensive fighter but could also be hurt, often by guys who weren't the powerpunching type... and if the 90's had one thing, it was powerpunchers.

 

In the real world this period saw the lineal title change hands nine times, between eight fighters!

Given the number of strong champions and contenders that emerged during this time span, it is hard to imagine anybody replicating what Louis did in this own day.

It does perhaps give some perspective on what a difficult thing it was to accomplish, even in a predominantly weak era.

 

And with out disrespecting Joe or what he achieved ,it show's up his era to a degree. I don't actually see Louis getting to 95 unbeaten .Tyson ,Lewis, Bowe ,Holyfield ..that s a great deal to get through .

 

He was a noted booger sugar aficionado post-retirement so those proclivities were already there.