He was beaten by a 190 Lb Euro fighter badly. He got dropped by so many mediocre boxers with terrible records it wasn't even funny. He never fought some of the best black fighters of his era. Louis should be ranked very low
You are entitled to your opinion, but unless you can come up with some logic to suport it nobody will pay any atention.
1. You obviously don't consider being a Euro fighter a bad thing. 2. That fighter was an ex-champion and future Hall-of-Famer. 3. He steamrolled the guy in one round next time they got in the ring together. You mean, like... two? Two who were still much better than, say... Ross Purrity and Steve Pannell? Somewhat true, but this can be said of virtually anyone. He fought Jersey Joe Walcott, Ezzard Charles, Jimmy Bivins and John Henry Lewis. No, he shouldn't.
If I said Willie Pep couldn't box that would be comparable to his asinine remark.If you agree with him I would put you in the same category,he is either a fool or looking for a windup either way I dont want to spend any more time on him.
Wind-up wizard :yep Joe Louis would restructure the facial features of all those pretenders you champion today. This shouldn't even be open for debate. He was 6'2" and weighed 200 pounds.
Only problem that I have with Joe Louis' resume, which was great, was that he didn't fight Lem Franklin, or Elmer Ray in title fights.