Louis vs. Godoy 1. 25.57 minutes of footage

What reason do you have for saying that Godoy landed more, and why would that give him a good argument?

What he did was not illegal, but it was unlikely to be favoured on the score cards, at the time!

 

I think Donovan would have been justified in warning Godoy about boring in with his head.

 

I've seen you say this multiple times why do you think this the case?

 

Most of the fights that Louis haters bring up as arguments for the prosecution are not that great:

He lost to former lineal champion, and current #1 contender Max Schmeling, 18 months after his professional debut. God knows how a fanatical Tyson or Klitschko fan would have dealt with that one, given their propensity to find excuses!

He was dropped by Tony Galento, and then turned him into mincemeat.

He was observed to wobble a bit after Billy Conn hit him, but of course went on to win.

These are pretty weak arguments, because they hang on him looking bad when he won, or loosing when he was well outside his prime.

Now in the Godoy fight they might actually have had something. Goddoy was a limited fighter, who really didn’t have much going for him, and he made a prime Louis look like a complete stumblebum.

Schmeling was great, Galento was just a hard puncher who got destroyed, Conn was a p4p great who lost, but the comparatively ordinary Goddoy, presented Louis with something that he had no answer for!

 

Louis said the first Godoy fight was his worst.
Blackburn put him back in the gym and made him just throw
uppercuts, he became just as adept at throwing them with either hand. After a tune up with the frightened Johnny Paychek, he destroyed Godoy in the rematch.

 

Blackburns strategy was to step to the left or right to garner punching room. In fight one Louis let Godoy crowd him. Not so in fight two.

 

Good performance by Godoy, his defensive crouch and inside pressure gave Louis issues. But Louis did look to the land the sharper better punches. Very close fight, which from the footage I'd give Louis the slight edge

How was Godoy negative when he was constantly on the front foot bringing the fight?

 

You forgot Jersey Joe schooling him

 

Somtimes he was crouching so low that his gloves were practically touching the canvas, and he held a lot.

 

That could even be held in Louis’s favour, depending how you want to look at it.

Even by the most negative assessment, a poor performance against a future champion at the end of your career, is a lot better than a poor performance against somebody with Goddoy’s resume.