I don't have to duck anything nothing more to be said on that thread so trolling this one still wont get you back the " L " I gave you on that one...as stated numerous times now take that "L " and let it go.
"so are you going to supply us with a source for the Ali quote on the ( Ali anchor Punch thread ) you ran off and forgot??? Or do you have special privilages to post FAKE quoutes with NO source and then TRY and make legit ones others post not valid ??? "Get up you bum ,no one will believe this!" Ali to Liston. According to Mcliar! Though he DID get up. lol" Here it is! "Liston toppled over flat on his back.Muhammad now stood over the fallen Liston,screaming Get up and fight sucker....get up and fight,you bum,You're supposed to be so bad...Nobody with believe this!" Angelo Dundee "My View From The Corner" page 113.! That's video evidence and both Ali and his Trainer. Good enough for you?No? Here's another ! Ali was as sceptical as his public,and he stood over Liston in disbelief.He waved him up with his gloved hand and snarled at him repeatedly : "Get up you bum! No one will believe this!". Dr Ferdie Pacheco M.D " The Fight Doctor" page 73! So that's Ali himself on video , his trainer, and his personal doctor and cornerman! I'd say those will do for primary sources!LOL Your quote, requesting in your usual supercillious way sources .I 've provided them, now you don't want to address the subject! You're the one who"ran off and forgot"! What an absolutely cowardly wretch you are!
Interesting question. I think the issue was a little bit more complex though. I would agree that top level fighters are much less likely to face problematic challenges in order to keep their records pristine. However, I also believe that when the sport was much more popular that there were many more trail horses at the lower levels.
Joe Louis also fought Johnny Davis who was 3-3 in a title bout so getting a title shot means something? Galento was nothing more than a short, fat, wild swinging club fighter. The fact that he put Louis down shows how overrated Louis was and how guys like Tyson would of destroyed him.
"One Punch By Louis Puts Davis Away United Press, November 15, 1944 Sergeant Joe Louis, world's heavyweight champion, tonight knocked out Johnny Davis, of Brooklyn, in 53 seconds of the first round of a scheduled four-round bout before 6,500 fans at Memorial Auditorium here. The champion, with a tremendous weight and reach advantage on his opponent, started slowly, using soft light jabs. Davis forced Louis and then Joe threw the only punch of the fight. A hard right caught Davis flush on the chin and he was out before he hit the floor. When Davis was finally revived the champion walked over and patted him on the back. Then he left the ring. [1] About Sgt. Louis And Other Punchers By Tommy Holmes, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 16, 1944 A dispatch out of Buffalo sets the pattern for whatever exhibition bouts Sgt. Joe Louis will box in New York State in the course of the heavyweight champion's current tour. He cuffed one Johnny Davis six times about the face with left jabs. Then, the Dark Destroyer threw his right hand just once. Mr. Davis fell like a crowbar and face flat. Three minutes later he was conscious again. Mr. Davis was referred to as "of Brooklyn" in the brief stories that described the exhibition but he is still an unknown so far as this corner is concerned. In other words, I don't think I ever heard of him. Nor is there anything in the account of the Buffalo set-to to indicate that we will ever hear of him again. Apparently, Davis did not make as much as a menacing gesture toward the heavyweight champion in the 53 seconds the Buffalo affair lasted. You might note that this thing followed a different design from the other exhibitions Louis has boxed around and about the country. In those affairs, Joseph and his adversary, if that's the proper term, wear 16-ounce gymnasium pillows and everything is nice and friendly. With one exception, those bouts have been exhibitions in every sense. The one exception occurred in Detroit where, we hear, a fifth rater attempted a sneak haymaker at the dusky heavyweight's chin. At the soonest possible moment thereafter, Louis knocked his playmate stiff." But other exhibitions out of the State have consisted of three or four rounds of good, clean fun. Since they were strictly exhibitions, there wasn't any way in which Joe's status as a champion could be involved. It's different in New York because General John J. Phelan, august head of our Boxing Commission, has ruled that Louis and his opponent must box with the regulation six-ounce gloves and that a decision must be rendered if both men are on their feet at the conclusion of the bout. " It was a 4 round exhibition, reconized on a technicality as a title fight in NY , don't make it into more than it was . Galento was the number one contender.