where would joe louis figure in todays heavyweight division ?

I'm sure that he would beat any heavyweight apart from K brothers.

 

He'd be in the Cruiserweight division, times have changed.

 

Move to CLASSIC forum

 

Nobody was too big for Louis. Buddy Baer, Primo Carnera and Abe Simon were all big guys and yet their size didn't mean anything.

Louis' size is not a disadvantage because he knew how to fight small.

Besides, Chris Byrd had success against Vitali before beating him, and Corrie Sanders knocked Wlad out. Neither were much different to Louis. Sanders has an inch or two on Louis and maybe 10lbs or so. Considering Louis was 10x the fighter Sanders was, I think that difference in quality overrides the minimal size difference.

 

Beats Wlad by KO, maybe while behind on the cards at the time of the stoppage though, beats Haye in under 6 rounds after being caught cold and getting buzzed/dropped early. Probably beats the current version of Vitali on cuts or a close decision, maybe even stops him on his feet late.

 

If he got lit up by Max Shmellig, he'd get raped by Los Klitschkos.

 

He'd be a cruiserweight for at least the early part of his career and then move up like Holyfield did. And he would have success in both divisions, like Evander. I don't think he'd be as dominant as he was in his own era, but he would certainly hold a title and likely unify them for a time.

 

He'd be at the top, his skill is far ahead of everyone fighting today.

 

:deal

 

hahaha,
you have a naked dude in your avatar

 

I heard from my mate whos a mad scientist that him and another guy are planning on resurrecting joe's corpse to take on wlad next summer

 

Hold on a second! Don't you know the K bros aren't much better than Primo Cernera?! I mean... this is common ESB classic forum boxing knowledge. Carnera = Klitschko.

Louis would easily knock down both brothers and win a simple KO victory without being hit with a single shot :deal

 

in Classic forum they think that guys from 60 years ago who boxed in the evening and worked the docks during the day would KO Klitschkos easily.:hey