Ken Norton vs the following Louis foes

Norton vs

Sharkey
Schmeling
Galento
Buddy Baer
Jimmy Bivins

Does Norton go undefeated? All fighters in their primes

 

Easily

 

Galento and Baer were dangerous punchers.

 

Kenny could eat a power bar between their punches.

 

Schmeling would probably beat Norton. Heavy puncher with good stamina, and a habit of breaking down much more durable guys than Ken. Other guys all get knocked out, I'm sure.

 

I’d give him a reasonable chance against all of them but In truth he might drop a loss

 

They'd both ko Chinny Kenny.

 

I don’t see him winning any of these fights easily even though favouring him is logical. I’d personally favour Schmeling over him, maybe even Baer due to sheer power and size.

 

Max is the only one with the skills and smarts required in order to having a real chance of beating Kenny.

Everybody else has just a small puncher's chance and not much more.

Realistically Kenny could well go 5 - 0 or maybe 4 - 1.

 

Galento could pull a Shavers on Norton. Just saying

 

Yep, there is always a puncher's chance, but depending on Kenny getting sloopy as he did versus Ernie.

Otherwise Galento is just target practice for Kenny.

 

I'd favor him over all the cw-sized opponents + Galento, but I think Buddy might simply be too big & powerful for him.

I think a Galento match is more likely to play out like Norton's fights w/ Stander & Quarry.

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Norton being past it and getting PTSD from Foreman whenever he fasted that level of power were also factors. That being said Galento simply wasn’t very good. Laughable technique and open as a barn door.

 

He walks through 4 of them, he beats Schmeling by a clear decision.

 

Buddy Baer and Tony Galento were as powerful as Gerry Cooney. And yes,I think Cooney does the same to prime Norton