Words from my grandfather...the greatest......

I was going say you your grandad must've been proud - **** what am i on about - your grandad must be the proudest grandad in the world anyway atsch

 

He know his stuff, I've always felt the same way.

 

In a catchweight battle of the weight classes, you may well be right!

 

Good story Swarmer. Unfortunately, in my family only me & my dad follow the sport. My dad doesn't follow nowadays much but he does remember the 70's heavyweight era, Tyson's reign, and when the Fab 4 ruled he earth(My dad's in his 40's now lol). My mom knows abit too because she's been with my dad all of these years. She wants me to teach my nephews to box when they get older lol.

 

Joe Louis was probably the best at throwing short-combinations. Just beautiful to watch I also love how he walked away after putting his man down.

 

I must say your granddad is pretty much spot on

 

I would have to respectfully disagree with the old man, Swarmer, but it's a nice story. Thanks for sharing.

 

you should ask him about the billy conn fight if he thought ali didn't have a chance - ali was 40 pounds heavier than conn at 174lbs. nice to hear your grandfathers opinion tho.

 

I really do think Conn and Ali fought quite differently. And I don´t think the first Conn fight is an indication for Louis-Ali, even so people constantly act as if it is so. Conn stood his ground, he slugged it out with Louis at times. Ali wouldn´t do so, and if he would, he´d get knocked out. His "hands at the waist" defence will spell trouble against Louis.

 

Great great post Swarmer. Much appreciated, especially his Ali - Louis fight breakdown.

 

This is excerpted from "Black July" which came out last summer.

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As to Joe Louis being number one -if one includes a category like "world impact" then Joe Louis may indeed be number one based on Schmeling II alone not to mention what he did for civil rights and the morale of millions of African Americans to a man.