Why do denizens of boxingforum24 make a big deal of Galento flooring Joe Louis?

I never made a big deal of it.

 

Even though it was a good left hook it looked to me like Joe was moving in when he was hit and had both feet forward . Boy did Tony pay for that though.

 

Those people are the dumb.

 

I just find it mildly funny that arguably the greatest heavyweight was knocked down by Tony Galento of all people. It's even funnier once you consider that Joe planned on punishing Galento for as long as the fight lasted. After he tasted that power, he certainly changed his tune!

Tony woulda moider'd da bum in a rematch anyway

 

You have to put in perspective.
During his career Galento portrayed himself as a fat guy that liked to fight and trained on beer and hotdogs. If you look at how many fights he had and how many rounds he fought it should be clear that he took it seriously and worked hard at it.
But people only look at the gimmick so he is not taken seriously and many see him as less than the Butterbean of his era. Maybe even Joe Louis took him lightly.

But he was a man capable of thought and of learning so it should be expected that he would pick up some tricks in all those rounds. As I remember that knockdown, Galento got low and gave signs that he was going to throw a wide left hook; Louis got his right hand in position to block it. But, while he was down low, Galento slid his right foot forward and that changed the trajectory of the punch; it came inside of Joe's right glove and caused the knockdown.

 

Tony Galento was the oldest looking "29-year-old" I ever saw in my life.

Not just 29, but he supposedly JUST TURNED 29 three months earlier.

Can you imagine if they fought today. The message board here would be filled with threads on "How could Joe Louis get dropped by 50-year-old Galento?"

 

Because despite the fact that Tony was a true tough guy with a good wallop he was terribly crude and to see possibly the best heavyweight of the first half of the 20th Century rocked by him several times and actually dropped was dramatic.

 

Worth a thread.

 

it's funny.

not everything has to be super serious analysis.

 

I also appreciate the use of the word "denizens" here. Nice.

 

It's not a great look for Louis, getting dumped on his ass by a heavyweight who is about as aesthetically unpleasing as you can get.

Inevitably his critics will milk it for all that it is worth.

Some points to consider.

Going into that fight, Louis had stopped his last three victims in one round, and two of them had been former lineal champions.

We know from our own experience, that a fighter is as good as their last fight, so Louis must have been riding pretty high at this point.

I suspect that Galento's left hook, gave people a much needed reality check.

In hindsight we must conclude, that Galento was better than people thought at the time.

There are a few fighters from the era, who were only stopped by Louis and Galento, or only stopped by Baer and Galento.

The guy could undoubtedly hit.

His finest hour was probably beating up Lou Nova, and despite the controversy surrounding the fight, it looks like he was the better man on the night.