Boxed Ears, right on schedule. But you know, it is hard to picture the guy with 19 losses beating the Brown Bomber. I think Young might upset him some godforsaken night, but Louis would avenge it in spectacular fashion more than once.
If you read my post previous to yours, i tried to put it in a nicer way, but its the same sentiment:good
so roy jones has NO chance against archie moore....but jimmy young is FAVOURED against Joe Louis. Gotta love the classic!
Even if Young did last the distance (never a given), I somewhat doubt that he would outpoit Louis. He was slick, but he was not Jersey Joe Walcott. I think that a prime Louis would certainly do enough to get the judges nod.
With all respect to the man few fighters here are more over rated than Jimmy Young .... he decisions plodding Ron Lyle and a dehydrated Foreman (who had not learned how to pace himself ) and some here pick him over Joe Louis who on an off night knocked out a faster Billy Conn and past his best beat a much better than Young Joe Walcott ... forgotten is how Young was KO'ed by Shavers, almost KO'ed by Foreman, decisioned by a mid-thirties Norton and out punched twice, while still in his own prime by world beater Ossie Occasio. ... That being said Young was a Chris Byrd like cutie and could make anyone look bad ... I like Louis by clear decision over a safety first Young but a KO win is not out of the question ...
Chris Byrd was an inferior version of Jimmy Young...let's get that straight..no matter how you think Young would fare with Louis.
Louis gets made to look a little bad in spots like with Farr but still wins a decision. And unlike Foreman if he hurts Jimmy the guy's not getting away...
I'm pretty sure the Louis of Conn 1 and Walcott 1 gets outboxed to a clear decision for Young, with a great gameplan he can break Young down for a late KO after being outboxed
this is true. and fair and as i harped in that thread, styles make fights. you also raise another good point that chris byrd was a lesser version of young. while i agree i don't think byrd was able to fight more aggressively, more consistently if he HAD to in order to get a decision. i wonder if young would simply go into negative style after the first few rounds, potentially throwing away a decision
Yeah, I know. Byrd threw all those-ugh-punches. It's so disgusting to watch amateurish tendencies like throwing-ew-punches. That's NOT how you box! You box by throwing the least possible punches you can. That's why Jimmy was robbed at least 19 times. Judges don't know **** about boxing. Boxing is like golf. It's the lowest score you want. :deal That's art. Why wonder? He didn't open up on Ali's corpse. He would certainly open up like a coked up hell-beast with rabies on one of the greatest offensive forces that ever lived. It'd almost be stupid for him not to.
Surely jimmy young would unleash every ounce of his flat top fury against weak, slow Joe Louis. And as an inferior finisher to George Foreman and Shavers surely Louis would have a ghost of a chance against the ultimate black hole boxing technique of young. float like a butterfly, sting infrequently