Who wins Joe Louis or Larry Holmes in prime

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  1. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's a bigger man than billy conn, but I see their fight playing out exactly the same ... except larry never gets hurt. Boxing had changed a lot. Larry would have been able to institute the Billy Conn movement/ jab plan easily. (I don't think it changed that much between the 70s and the 2000s, but the Joe Louis tapes really do reveal a slightly different sport than the one we are accustomed to).
     
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  2. Fighting Fungus

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    This sums it up
     
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    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Love you Joe but Larry takes it.
     
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  4. Benitom3

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    Marciano ko bothbof em. 49--0 no blueprint
     
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  5. Fighting Fungus

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    Marciano would get beat by both!
     
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  6. 6'4south

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    Holmes by 5 inch reach advantage. Ive always thought Joe Luis was very stiff and almost mechanical, I don't know if it's the old bad camera works of that generation, or if he was actually that stiff. I think Holmes just sticks him with that jousting jab all night.
     
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