Lennox Lewis VS Joe Louis

Partly due to being British and partly due to lacking charisma.

Ali wasn't that well regarded by many for quite some time by many either.

 

The 90s was one of the better eras. Holyfield, Bowe and Lewis and a notch below you had Tyson, Foreman and guys like Mercer and Morrison along with Michael Moorer.

Good times for the fans especially compared to what we have now.

 

Huh? I was clearly talking about today, now. Today's era.

 

I acept that I might not be able to produce somebody at this precise moment in time, but an era has to be a certain length.

 

I'd say ten years is about right.

 

But he DIDN'T get hit like that, did he? The shots that kayoed Lewis WERE huge but were examples of a bad defence if anything. Louis survived hard punches from Mauriello, Baer (Buddy and Max) and Galento. It's hard to compare power from fight to fight, but the fact is Joe avoided the type of punches that stopped Lewis, and managed to stand up to the ones he did take. Louis beat men of Lewis's size, too.

 

And won the rematch, but was robbed!

 

I guess that you are a fairly strong proponent of modern fighters then.

 

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I think that Lennox Lewis gets a bit over rated these days.

Joe Louis had his turn at being over rated, so I guess its only fair that Lennox gets his turn.

 

Louis gets dropped early, Lennox gets wild and gets clocked. Louis
establishes the jab, gets dropped twice more than gets the KO with a right
hand. Louis KO7

 

Joe Louis-
6'2" with a 76" reach and about 205 Lbs.

Lennox Lewis-
6'5" with an 84" reach and about 245 Lbs.

Lewis would use his 8" reach advantage wisely. Lewis would be patient, use the left jab to keep Louis away and set up his other punches. Louis would have his moments. I see his rocking Lewis and maybe eve dropping him but in the end I see Lewis winning, maybe even by late round KO.

 

If it's the bigger man doing the stalking, I see this being a shootout; a toss-up between Lennox' superior firepower, and Louis' skill and craft. The key weapons for each in this scenario would be the hook-straight combination Lewis was ever so fond of, and the cross over the top for the Bomber. Joe should be able to draw first blood in the majority of exchanges because Lewis will always look to establish his jab. This commitment to the jab may be costly, as I don't believe Lennox' jab was as accurate as Joe's counter right. Lewis' follow-up may also be slipped if Louis detects a predictable pattern in his attack.

To win, Lewis should employ healthy movement, box from a distance where his jab can be freely launched without too much risk of return fire. Once Louis is pre-occupied enough with this punch (regardless of whether it is landing or not), Lewis can start shooting the uppercut straight up, which is a fight-ender in my eyes.