Joe Louis would obliterate George Foreman

I think this is all kind of funny. Not hilarious, but funny

Funny, because this is clearly Foreman's fight to lose, and to think the opposite premise is being lauded as true, is, perplexing to say the least. What's worse, not just the opposite, but Louis is expected to blow him out, not just beat him.. but blow him out. Hence the funny

The reality as I see it is this. Louis, in reality was there to be hit, and was hit by far inferior punchers than Foreman. For the ways you guys talk, you'd have to believe Louis to have this all world defense where he's not getting hit by foreman. Thus, he's the only one connecting and then blowout. That is just silly to even try and present that as the truth without being disingenuous.

It's also funny to try and support that with one fight where Louis was more on his feet than typical, which is unquestionably was. The reality is this, he's there to be hit and will be hit, except this time, it will be by a semi. I love this talk about how Louis is going to dominate the Jab exchanges?/? Ummm no he would do no such thing. Foreman has no need to go inside against Joe. I don't think he would. He'd be mixing it up, part bully and part boxer. He could no doubt bully Louis if need be.

Further, in order to believe this stuff going on here, you'd have to believe Louis Chin is better than Foreman. Realistically they are both going to land, let's be real here. Yet Louis' chin is not better. It simply is not.

So how then can I be seeing some of the posts I'm seeing about how Joe will crush Foreman inside 2, **** inside 5. In my opinion, he doesn't he win, it's Foreman's fight to lose.

 

Who had the better chin between Louis and Foreman is tough, but I would edge it to Foreman. Although Louis fought a top 10 puncher like Baer, Foreman only had 1 KO defeat.

Despite the circumstances, it's crazy to think Ali was the only one to KO George Foreman.

 

Completely speculative but I'm not sure that Louis survives the huge right that Foreman ate from Ron Lyle at the end of the first round in their fight. He almost certainly wouldn't have stayed upright anyway.

 

Getting up from that punch would be a tremendous achievement for anyone. What a performance that was for Foreman, to comeback and win by devastating KO.

 

JC...the board has sunk to a new low. Louis was there to be hit? Foremans fight to lose? Crazy uneducated talk.

 

And to think, Foreman didn't even go down from it!

 

lol for some reason I was thinking of the second knockdown punch atsch

 

should i pinch you from your dream bro

 

Jesus, watch more boxing. The way you make it seem, Louis is some defense HW Whitaker. YES, he was there to be hit, and was hit. He was knockdown more than most any lineal HW champion. Yet he wasn't there to be hit? Lord.

 

Did Louis get knocked down by anyone besides Walcott during his 12 year championship reign?

 

Kurupt you have no clue. The skill level between Louis and prime Foreman is so vast and George was an open target for a sharpshooter like Louis. Joe hit hard enough to ko anyone and had the speed and timing to hit George and knock him out before roundhouse blows by Foreman would connect. No one in their right mind unless they did not understand boxing and its history would pick Foreman over the best Louis. Louis was the most highly skilled hwt in hwt boxing history. Only Ali rates higher.

 

In fact the ONLY reason Foreman makes anyone top ten all time was his comeback to rewin the hwt championship. If this did not occur George does not rate top 15 all time. In every category Louis is head and shoulders over Foreman.

 

It would not surprise me at all if Foreman walked out and clubbed Louis to the canvas for a ten count. Yes, Louis on paper looks superior in a number of categories, yet Foreman's strengths vs. a guy who was not a mover, makes me think that this is not going to be the Louis field day that everyone is predicting. I don't have any problem with people picking Joe --he was great-- but I think he might be in very deep trouble with Foreman.

 

I watched an Archie Moore interview, where he was comparing Foreman to Louis.

He said Foreman is a hitter. The best hitter of all time.
But that Louis was a boxer puncher. He seemed to imply that Louis was better. He was a bit apprehensive to say it outright, because he trained Foreman, but the implication was clear.

 

Stop moving the goalposts. Who said anything about "only" during his reign? I said he was Knocked down more than most, and he was. Point being, again, he was there to be hit. Look at how he fought the bigger Simon... He was trying to press him at times... still doing his usual plodding routine. Louis was a plodder through and through. You don't plod and win against Foreman, no way... no how. Especially if your defense isn't the best in the world, and Louis, it certainly wasn't.