Which of Joe Louis's title challengers would have done best in the 70s?

i know luis won the title from braddock so he wasnt a title challenger but i think he could compete in the 70 dude had too much heart billy conn and bear could aswell

 

"Two Ton" Tony Galento.

Galento vs Shavers would have been a war.

 

Arturo Godoy would compete well in the '70s i reckon.

 

I agree with all of those mentioned. Among them I'd give the edge to Billy Conn as being most likely to succeed in the 70s. I'd also add to the list big Abe Simon. Although he lost bouts to the others mentioned, he was good enough to score a 6th round KO over Jersey Joe Walcott in 1940.

 

Walcott.

 

The 70's Heavies are so incredibly overrated. I would take Nova, Galento, Farr, Pastor, Baer and Gudoy to make a mark in that era.

For Chrissakes, Ron Stander, Jose Ramon, Bob Foster, Terry Daniels, Coopman, Joe Bugner, Richard Dunn, Evangelista and Leon Spinks fought for the title... and Leon won it!

 

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"Handsome" Billy Conn, would be a fantastic light heavy in any era.

 

I think Lou Nova would have been better off in the 70's. Duane Bobick and Boone Kirkman paraded around as potential title challengers in those days and Nova was certainly better than either of them. He was a scientific boxer of Joe Louis's size, the problem for him was that he could not quite handle it when the going got rough. Cuts and injuries hindered him during his career.

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Agreed. Both Louis and Marciano hit him while he was down which gave them the KO , Cream's true record consists of 2 DQ wins instead of them losses and a clear decision over Louis instead of his SD loss.

 

Aside from Walcott/Charles/Schmelling I don't think anyone does particularly well and I'm not sure those 3 would actually manage to wrestle the title away in the first half of the decade

 

Easily Billy Conn and Bob Pastor.

 

Max Baer was not a title challenger so he does not qualify

 

Agreed but I think for the most part they would have been similarly ranked as they were in the 1930s and 40s, with the exception of Galento being #1. The 1970s wasn't an exceptionally deep era, it was simply dominated by a handful of elite fighters leaving a wide gap between the best and the rest.