Who hit harder: Sergei Kovalev or Joe Louis?

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Who hits harder, Kovalev or Louis?

  1. Kovalev

    2 vote(s)
    4.9%

  2. Louis

    35 vote(s)
    85.4%

  3. About the same

    1 vote(s)
    2.4%

  4. I can't tell because of the differences in eras

    3 vote(s)
    7.3%
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  1. Neebur

    Neebur Active Member Full Member

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    It's not subjective at all. Only a ****** would think Kovalev hits harder than Joe Louis.
     
    Neebur, Nov 26, 2017
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  2. Gudetama

    Gudetama Active Member Full Member

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    Louis. Really... Let's not be silly.
     
    Gudetama, Nov 26, 2017
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  3. BCS8

    BCS8 VIP Member

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    That's my opinion too, but true to form, there are two special individuals that voted for Kovalev. :rolleyes: Maybe they don't know that this is a public poll? :lol:
     
    BCS8, Nov 26, 2017
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  4. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    who is greater? Broner or Hearns.. That is what this question sounds like. I don't think Kovalev is in the level of Louis at all, as we know Broner is not in Hearns level.
     
    PernellSweetPea, Nov 26, 2017
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  5. GALVATRON

    GALVATRON Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    What you posted Has nothing to do with the thread question... And that's who hits harder not on what level.
     
    GALVATRON, Nov 26, 2017
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  6. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Louis. Kovalev has to prove more.. He is heavy handed in the Juan Roldan type setting.
     
    PernellSweetPea, Nov 26, 2017
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  7. JohnThomas1

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    He will never prove he is harder hitting than Louis.
     
    JohnThomas1, Nov 26, 2017
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  8. BCS8

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    Theoretically, if he went to cruiser or heavy and knocked everybody out that would get my attention. But more likely he gets a bunch of losses instead. I like Kovalev when he boxes from behind the jab and doesn't try to force the KO. He's an excellent boxer.
     
    BCS8, Nov 27, 2017
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  9. JohnThomas1

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    It's just not going to happen tho. He'd also have to knock out a long long line of heavyweights before his hat was thrown into the ring.
     
    JohnThomas1, Nov 27, 2017
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  10. Nighttrain

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    Of course the classic forum lacks the continual objective debate about who has a glass jaw and who is a coward.
     
    Nighttrain, Nov 27, 2017
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  11. BCS8

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    I beg to differ. My point is amply proven.
     
    BCS8, Nov 28, 2017
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  12. Coral Eugene Watts

    Coral Eugene Watts New Member Full Member

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    i voted for kovalev as a joke, of course joe hit harder, he is a proven HW knock out monster,
    sergej is a proven LHW punching monster..
    maybe sergej hit harder p4p, but not as a LHW agains a hard hitting HW, Louis left hook was a killer punch
     
    Coral Eugene Watts, Nov 28, 2017
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  13. BCS8

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    Cool, no problem. :) And it's not that I don't like Kovalev, I do. It's just that it seemed super obvious to me that a bigger guy like Louis who based his game around punching holes through people at a heavier weight ... would hit harder than a boxer-puncher at a lighter weight. I put up the poll to shut a guy up, who turned out to be blind drunk at the time. Maybe his opinion is different sober! ;)
     
    BCS8, Nov 28, 2017
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  14. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jesus Christ....
     
    Xplosive, Nov 28, 2017
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  15. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    We're comparing a 175 lb. guy who went 12 with a 50 year old man to Joe Louis?
     
    slender4, Nov 28, 2017
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