Klitschko Quote of the Week: "Wlad MUCH FASTER than Joe Louis" the_brigand

Joe Louis was slow. Sorry. He got beat by Schmeling, for crap's sake... Louis was propped up during the war because he was very popular, he was very involved in US propaganda efforts, and thus he was an icon who we couldn't afford to lose.

Overrated.

 

Yes, it is. ALL of Carnera's fights were fixed, boxing and Carnera were totally mob controlled. When Carnera's usefulness came to an end and he had to fight on his own, he took a savage beating from Max Baer, getting knocked down 11 ! times. Comparing either K brother to Carnera is just ridiculous.

 

no worries buddy. You have some good points. Its all in fun:good

 

The Brown bomber would have killed either brother.

 

Facts is facts. There's a reason why Louis' opponents were termed the 'Bum of the Month' club. And Primo was garbage, I'd bet the house on Chambers against Carnera, it would look like a sparring session. In Carnera's defense, it seems most likely that he himself did not know his fights were fixed.

 

Don't waste your breath on someone who's boxing knowledge goes back to last week.
Is true that Mike Tyson himself knows how good Louis and Baer were.

 

That mother****er dont know a god damn ****ing thing about the greats man, he mother ****ing tripping homie, **** that mother****er seriously Joe Louis would make him do a god damned mother ****er face plant head first *****!
:good

 

Carnera was big, but far from as good as either Klitschko. His feet were way slower, he wasn't as athletic (though he was built well, no doubt), didn't really punch hard (padded KO record) and his timing wasn't very good.

I'd say he compares better to Dimitrenko, who is also very big and not too bad, but not too good either. Needless to say, Carnera is way more accomplished than Dimitrenko, but that is besides the point - Dimitrenko is not fighting 180lbs heavyweights like Carnera was in his time.

Yeah well, no one is saying that Chambers or Povetkin are the second coming of Joe Louis.

On a sidenote: i don't think he can, but Povetkin might have a decent chance of closing the gap. A guy like Haye maybe could too, and he can do a lot of damage with one punch. But then again, he can also take a lot of damage from one punch, while Povetkin seems to have the more sturdy chin.

 

Keep in mind the old films you watch are at a different speed, giving the impression that they are much slower than they were.

 

This isn't the best QOTW thread, but this is the best post in it, agree 100%.

 

Wow, Carnera got knocked down 11 times and kept getting up? He obviously had an iron chin to go with his size then, just like WALDO :yep

 

Joe Louis has probably underrated speed. Everybody talks about his power, technique, skills, etc. But the guy is easily one of the fastest combination punchers at HW. Very deadly. I'd say Patterson, Ali, and Tyson were faster but the names get questionable after that.