Louis has just smashed schmeling, now in his next 4 fights he's lined up to face Ray mercer , Tommy morrison, bert Cooper and Michael moorer. How does he do against these 4? Each had there own strength and weakness. All of them could wack to a degree especially morrison. Mercer had a solid chin. Cooper on a good day was dangerous and moorer proved a decent enough heavy to beat holyfield. So how does the brown bomber do against the said 4?
Mercer could be a tough assignment for him, and Moorer is a bit of an unknown, for the reason given. I wouldn't give Morrison or Cooper much chance against him.
Morrison hits the deck several times before been pulled out in the sixth Cooper gets savagely ko'd in 4 Moorer puts on a good display and is leading till the bomber catches him in 8 Mercer loses when the ref pulls him out bruised and battered in the eleventh
Louis beats all of them: Mercer UD Mercer has the chin to go the distance. A prime Louis takes years off Mercer's life. Morrison KO 10 I think Morrison would fight at a slower pace with Louis Cooper KO 5 Cooper comes out guns blazing and might have some success. But Louis would stop him. Maybe very early. Louis definitely wins though, his punches are too compact for Cooper in exchanges. Moorer KO 13 Moorer's stance lets him trouble Louis somewhat in a slower tactical fight. Moorer doesn't press and Louis works on getting his distance and timing
Morrison gets knocked out quickly. Cooper if on manages to last a while but still gets KO'd. I don't think Moorers southpaw stance would give Louis many issuses with Blackburn in his corner. Bottom line is Moorer at heavyweight was somewhat sluggish and not very easy to miss. After Louis establishes his rhythm, Moorer gets decked. Mercer had a granite chin but was too simple and, at least in my opinion, did not hit THAT hard to give Louis many problems. The Louis that showed up against Baer, with the slick, cat-like footwork, subtle defensive maneuvers and non-stop combinations forces a stoppage in the second half of the fight.
Thing is Louis at his best had the ability to end any bout very early. He was that great. Assuming it's Louis at his best he stops all four brutally.
Poor Morrison. He's another Floyd Patterson type in Head 2 Head fantasy battles on this board. Hey, he was a helluva hooker... Every one of the above mentioned could conceivably give Louis hell. However, Louis is the greatest heavyweight of all time. He does stand the test of time and is Top 5 H2H even today.
Joe looks very interesting nowadays. LOUIS wins -Mercer ud -Morrison ko4 -Bert ko -Moorer ko6 (Maybe Moorer was a southpaw but he always looked vulnerable and Joe could hurt.)
All would be fun challengers to see face Louis... I think he catches Morrison early and puts his lights out. Cooper I think would be to easy to hit and would get taken out early as well. Mercer could be a tough test because of his granite chin and being the much bigger physical guy. Still wouldn't surprise me to see Louis deck Mercer with a perfect right hand I think he'd land it at will. Overall I'd look for Louis to win a hard fought decision against Mercer. Moorer I feel would have the skills to box with Louis and do well. I'd look for a competitive fight with Louis eventually catching and dropping Moorer. Moorer would get up and continue but Louis would catch up to him again a round or two later and finish him off after a number of knock downs. I'd expect Louis to beat all 4 but I'd expect him to have a tough time with at least one of them probably get off the canvas with one or of two of them.
All these guys gets stopped or suffer brutal UD losses. Theyre all B level at best. Joe would be a bonafide elite A level fighter in any era. He matches them in height, reach, and definitely power. That leaves skill, speed, and stamina and he is leagues ahead of all them in those areas (moorer had good skill though). His lower weight and chin mean mercer might have his moments and bully him but he was too 1 dimensional to win outside of a punchers chance. An interesting challenge would be mccall. Amazing chin, weight advantage, and underated boxing skill and jab. It would he a highly tactical fight as long as oliver doesnt get complacent and lazy.
Morrison is hammered by Joe' right hands. Joe in 3 rds. Mercer was incredibly durable and his jab was underestimated. Mercer hold his own until Joe power shots take their toll. There will be no knockdowns as Mercer suffers a broken jaw with Joe winning on points. Cooper could be so unpredictable. If the best Cooper turns up it would be a wild shootout. Cooper rocks Louis with a uppercut but Joe storms back to stop Cooper in 4 rds. Moorer had a great jab as shown in beating Holyfield. Joe jab is harder and more accurate. Southpaw could be tricky at first for Joe but once Joe works it out he comes on strong and stops Moorer late.
