Louis was floored a lot ,but kod only twice,once when he clearly underetimated his opponent,and that took twelve rounds of continual heavy right cross bombardment,andonce when he was no longer "the Brown Bomber",,and he was kod by a brutal punching Marciano,I think Louis,s chin ,though not in the Ali class ,may have been a bit better than people appreciate.
This is a cracking post. People sometimes fail to understand that a less than iron chin is only one part of the KO puzzle. How hard is a guy to hit? How are his recuperative abilities? How are his instincts if he can get up? Has he trained for survival? Most of all, what is he giving of? The hardest guy to knock out is the guy who has just knocked out you. People often forget about offence as defence despite that fact that it's become cliched.
Yeah, love it hahaha. Mate i can't choose between them let alone give a decent rendition of the first round lol. I do know Joe's slashing combinations will be most dangerous, but he'd best not get careless or let George get off unpressured because if Foreman seriously hurts him his chances of survival are less than vs any fighter prior.
I think McGrain just wants a rough idea of how you were scoring the fight. Did you or did you not just watch it??? It's not hard.
Well lets look what it actualy took to put him away. Max Schmeling was a heavyy puncher and a good boxer yet it took him 12 rounds and 57 overhand rights to put Louis away. Rocky Marciano is regarded as one of the most formidable punchers in heavyweight history yet it took in eight ronds of consistent punching to put away a decrepit and heroin adicted Louis. So no I don't thiink Louis is just going to crumble when Foreman hits him.
Now could we say then that Marciano beat up old washed up men and wasn't the legend many are talking about?
Nobody said it was relevant, the man just asked a simple question. I get the impression he doubts you just watched all these fights, as i now do. :hey
"The passing of the torch" has long been an immense historical happening, Ali - Holmes, Marciano - Louis, Tyson - Holmes etc. I'd hardly use it to degrade Marciano that's for sure.
You can believe what you want. Even if it was that Louis was the greatest and would KO Foreman in first round. It's sheer nonsense.