louis" bum of the month club question...

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  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    what did these guys do to get shots at the title and why? especially abe simon,(is there any other footage of simon other than the louis fight) and then the others?
     
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  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    They were RANKED world class fighters
     
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  3. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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  4. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    well the ranking back then must have been pretty sorry especially if joe cut through them the way he did or was he just truly the greatest for that era?
     
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  5. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Yeah, that would be a turn up.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j7ELKfkgWs[/ame]
     
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  6. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Tyson said something pretty solid about the bum of the month club here, I think. "If any of the fighters today were around when Louis was fighting, even the good fighters in the 60s the joe fraziers the muhammad alis, if they were around they'd be considered bums too and we know no one considers them bums...."

    Perceptions of era are for the most part subjective. The facts indicate that Louis was slaying the best of his division at a staggering pace, and despite that people still give him **** for hitting the deck, having tough fights etc... He was just that good.
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1BwfSOuw_c&feature=related[/ame]


    edit: I LOVE YOU ITRYMARITI
     
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  7. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Louis just was that good.
     
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  8. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Was this immediately after Douglas knocked him out? :patsch
     
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  9. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    No, actually it's during Tysons super saiyan mythical magic prime while he was still undisputed.
     
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  10. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Just to clarify, you don't actually agree with the quote...just the sentiment of it, right?
     
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  11. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Yep. I don't think Tyson is calling them bums either, the way he's suggesting it simply is that Louis at the time was damn good, and he was just beating up good fighters at a quick pace and getting ridiculed for it. And i guess, that Louis at the time would have beaten both guys.

    "Joe Louis, from watching him and his disposition, the way he thought... Hard to see anyone beating him, even Ali, so smart, brilliant."
     
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  12. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Yeah, fighters were known to say a lot of things. Especially Tyson and Foreman.
     
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  13. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ha ha thats funny.
     
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  14. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Watch the series, he has a lot of good things to say (he's a real boxing film nerd). It might change your opinion of Tyson. Yes, even good things about Ali, because I know how sensitive you are :good
     
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  15. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah, agreed! The Tyson of these 3 videos he brought out in the late80s is a completely different guy to the one that most know. He was articulate, knowledgable, pleasent, and seemed a real nice kid
     
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