George Foreman Vs Joe Louis

[TheGreatA]

Foreman would win via KO or TKO before round 11. I would even bet that an old Foreman would KO Louis.

He would have to win before the middle rounds. It would be all Louis by round 11, if the fight lasted that long.

yea but they both would walk right into Georges punching zone, Frazier had an even tougher chin than Louis and he got hammered by standing right in front of George.

I don't think Louis would walk right into Foreman's power. He used to fight as the counter puncher against big punchers, keeping his range. Frazier had one way to fight, strictly by pressing forward, even if it meant getting hit.

Believe it or not but Louis used to be more of a mover until his trainer Jack Blackburn convinced him to become a "stalker", slowly shuffling his feet forward, always being set to throw power punches with both hands.



A typical Frazier performance:

[bklynboy]

I just see Foreman landing his bombs and Louis going down, getting up and going down again. You need quick feet to off set Foreman [to get inside], or an iron chin ala Ali, Joe Louis had neither.

His footspeed was aweful.

Louis may not have had tremendous foot speed but he was not a plodder. And don't forget Foreman's wide punches. I don't see Foreman landing at will against Louis. His wide punches would be slipped and Joe Louis had accurate short punches.

Louis could get inside Foreman. Young George would walk in -- or should I say plod in -- throw the wide punches and Louis would easily get inside and hit him hard.

The key question with Joe Louis is his chin. Did he have weak chin and good recuperative powers? did he lose concentration?

[bklynboy]

Foreman would brutally slaughter him in 1 minute. It wouldn't be a fight.

He'd push him around at will and keep throwing those bombs, there'd be no chance for poor old Louis since he'd get knocked down by blocked punches not to mention a flush accurate shot on his china thin paper chin. Two ton Walrus Galento knocked him down for fooks sake. I would have loved to see this.

As disgusting as always the Louis cheerleading nuthuggers find a way to make it seem like he'd have a chance or even win in this impossible matchup.

I'm not the biggest Louis fan but Joe Louis was not a bum. Even if you don't rank him among the one or two best he's -- at the very least a top 5 heavyweight. Or lets say he was "only" a top 10 heavyweight. That's not a f**king bum.

[bklynboy]

The only HW I give a chance of standing with Foreman and winning is Tyson. Hit just as hard, much better movement and speed. Also a solid chin.

Even then he's only a chance.

How do you explain his loss to Ali and Young? Young George had power beyond belief but his punches were wide and he didn't know how to pace himself and simply win rounds. Joe Louis wouldn't have done the same thing Ali did but he would have come up with his own solution. It might not have worked, but he would not stand there and get hit.

Those wide punches were Young George's achilles heal.

[bklynboy]

The only HW I give a chance of standing with Foreman and winning is Tyson. Hit just as hard, much better movement and speed. Also a solid chin.

Even then he's only a chance.

Foreman was a bad match-up for Tyson. Tyson was built to go after the Louis, Ali, Holmes and Klitschko's of the world.

[RightCross94]

i think if louis could sit back and counter foremans wild shots, and then capitalise when george got tired, he could win this

but if george lands and hurt joe early i see him winning, joe would need to have a tight defence and a conservative approach in the early rounds as george bores down with his massive powershots

[bklynboy]

i think if louis could sit back and counter foremans wild shots, and then capitalise when george got tired, he could win this

but if george lands and hurt joe early i see him winning, joe would need to have a tight defence and a conservative approach in the early rounds as george bores down with his massive powershots

true. And Louis was a lot faster than people are giving him credit for. He could back out of Foreman's range and come back inside the wide punches. Now if he was caught in a corner -- and George was very good at cutting off the ring and trapping people -- then it's another story. Louis could not let himself be trapped very often.

[Ascended]

Easy win for george only crazy idiots say Joe he was to stiff and slow and a lhw

[Willie Pep 229]

Well the forum only dates back to 2005. He's on 2009. This should be over soon. Thank you Jesus.

[JAB5239]

Well the forum only dates back to 2005. He's on 2009. This should be over soon. Thank you Jesus.

Lmao...