Joe Louis vs Joe Frazier

Thanks for the great responses! Very tough fight to pick a winner for me. I go back and forth, Louis was probably the best precision combination puncher of all time at least at heavyweight so its hard to imagine any fighter coming to him being able to beat him. But it also very hard to imagine any fighter who doesn't have a substantial size advantage being able to deal with Joe Frazier.

I think this fight would go like this, early rounds Louis in control with his jab and good combination punches. Frazier as always is bobbing and weaving launching hooks to the body and head but is taking more then he is giving from Louis. Around the fourth round the tide begins to turn and they start going pretty much back and forth. Frazier has some real good rounds where he gets to Louis battering his body and getting him weary with his non stop furious attack. Louis has good rounds where he hurts Frazier with a series or a single good combination or punch. I think the late rounds would tell a lot, I think Louis would have to dig deep to go the distance much like Ali in the FOTC and dig even deeper to win some of the late rounds in a close fight. I could see sometime around the 11th on Louis crumbling from the non stop attack of Frazier. If the fight goes the distance then I think its pretty well 50/50, Who wins the fight would weigh a lot on how Louis holds up in the later rounds against the relentless Frazier and also on how long it takes for Frazier to get smokin, I think Louis could possibly score a knock down or two especially early in the fight allowing him to gain an edge on the scorecards.