How many Heavyweights did Joe Louis beat that rank in the top 15 off all-time?

[boxingbuff]

How many fighters in the Heavyweight division did Joe Louis beat who are ranked in the top 15 all-time?

[JAB5239]

How many fighters in the Heavyweight division did Joe Louis beat who are ranked in the top 15 all-time?

Whats the point of the question?

[bolopunchez]

You might be able to make a case for Schmeling just making it into the top 15, but that's pretty much it.

[JAB5239]

You might be able to make a case for Schmeling just making it into the top 15, but that's pretty much it.

This is a bait thread that has nothing to do with boxing history. If the TS is to lazy to look it up, screw em.

[THE REED]

JAB is right, it's a bait.

[Stab Judah]

Top 15 in who's opinion?

[Southpaw16BF]

You could make a argument for Max Baer, Max Schemling, and Jersey Joe Walcott being top 15 HW's.

[Stab Judah]

P4P
John Henry Lewis
Billy Conn

[Southpaw16BF]

Here's Ring's Top 20 Heavyweights Of All Time, Done In 1998. Highlighted are the one's Louis defeated.

1.Muhammad Ali
2.Joe Louis
3.Evander Holyfield
4.George Foreman
5.Larry Holmes
6.Rocky Marciano
7.Sonny Liston
8.Joe Frazier
9.Jack Johnson
10.Jack Dempsey
11.Ezzard Charles
12.Jim Jeffries
13.Jersey Joe Walcott
14.Mike Tyson
15.Gene Tunney
16.Harry Wills
17.Sam Langford
18.John L. Sullivan
19.Max Schmeling
20.Max Baer

[Sugarj]

Its very very important to understand the distinction between boxing 'legend' and boxing 'ability'. There are much more than the 17 shown in the Ring list who would for example beat John L Sullivan.

Or where is Riddick Bowe? Who beat the number 3 Evander Holyfield twice and on another occasion lost a close split decision?

No, its true.......non of Joe Louis's victims belong in any serious top fifteen. But Walcott deserves consideration.