Not so merry Christmas for Jersey Joe Walcott

Well all but one of us can't!

 

I think it's fairly obvious that Walcott likely did enough to win and likely should've won. However, being that we can't see the entire fight it could be possible that it was a closely fought contest and not a robbery.

 

Closely fought contests are not robberies,imo.

 

Robbery is too strong a word.

There was a vocal minority who thought that Louis was entitled to the decision.

 

I'm pretty sure the first fight was a robbery, Walcott was even winning the 2nd fight and timed Louis with the right hand again and knocked him down in the third. Louis, the savvy veteran that he was, learned from those 18 rounds and timed his own right perfectly when Walcott tried to throw his counter which has been successful so far. Louis knew the only way to win the fight was to bait Walcott's counter right and finish him off with savage combinations on the inside and that's exactly what Joe did.

That being said, Walcott's movement and ring generalship was legendary. Such a great fighter mostly forgotten.