max baer vs larry holmes....

Larry could be a sucker for a right hand.....and we all know about Baer's right hand...

 

:dealI certainly with this guy more than most, or at least more than, say, magoo. Shavers should've KO'd Larry - never was a fighter ever more there for the taking only to survive - what was Shavers doing?:huh Renaldo had him seriously on ***** street too - the prime Holmes got pushed close by Kenny Norton - it's difficult - my head says Holmes' sheer class but then?? :huh Maxie had booming - and I mean BOOMING power - i personally rate him up there with George Foreman for pure power - and most of his peers probably would too - could Larry hang on with Baer once he was badly skaen and all glassy eyed with that gum shield poking out? or would Baer bowl the huge blows too quick - the moments of success would only be fleeting for Baer I'm thinking (even against Primo there were big gaps inbetween the moments where Maxie suddenly exploded - he'd maybe spend a lot of time going walk about round the ring and may get Larry a bit peeved at times - certainly Larry should box his way to a points win - don't think he'd make Baer quit - you'd have to be intimidating and power house like Louis to do that I think - boxers wouldn't scare Maxie but they would school him but Max didn't care enough for boxing he'd just wander about and preen for the women at ringside and every now and then try to take your head off with his massive bludgeoning blasts - it's whether Holmes can survive when they happen?? 60/40 Holmes or even 55/45

 

billy conn weighed 174 pounds, he was a lhw so he was much faster than holmes with feet and still louis knocked him out.
schmeling weighed 193 pounds and he was 6´1 so he was more compact and he had a stronger body than holmes, he had a diferent style than holmes too. so i can not see your point.

when did walcott face a prime louis? and still louis destroyed him in the rematch.
where is the rematch of holmes with spoon?

 

larry would not have any bother with max baer

 

Precisely my point about you selectively using some of Holmes' less impressive performances against foes who were just as dissimilar to Louis as Holmes was to the opponents who troubled Joe..... That's called selective bias... Emphasizing the strong points of one man's career, while attacking the weak points of another's isn't analysis.. Its cheerleading, and you've become very good at it..

I'll answer that question after you answer the one that I've asked you on two occasions - " when was Holmes KO'd in his prime?"

Perhaps if Witherspoon had stayed on a winning path a tad longer than just a mere 3 fights, it might have happened, but he didn't. In either case, for as much as Holmes struggled with Spoon, he still won the fight and there aren't any If's, and's or but's about it.

 

Comparing Walcott to Holmes is kinda stupid anyway, just because they're boxer type fighters doesn't mean they present the same or even really similar set of problems to an opponent at the championship level.