What do people match up fighters

[GJC]

joe louis wasnt agile at all.he didnt have to be.he was accurate cause majority of guys he fought came strait fwd with hands down and posed no threat whatsoever on offense

And they differ from today's HW contenders in what way?

[r.burgundy]

And they differ from today's HW contenders in what way?

arreola,and sam peter are heavy weight contenders,so please tell me 1 guy that joe fought who would pose a challenge to them.these are big mean,strong guys who can take a punch and they come to fight.which is more than you can say for 97% of louis foes

[F l i c k e r]

Boxing is the only sport where athletes/competitors get worse as generations go by.

[TheGreatA]

arreola,and sam peter are heavy weight contenders,so please tell me 1 guy that joe fought who would pose a challenge to them.these are big mean,strong guys who can take a punch and they come to fight.which is more than you can say for 97% of louis foes

You don't think Louis fought big mean strong guys who could take a punch?

The likes of Peter and Arreola would fit perfectly well into Louis's "bum of the month" club. Except the majority of the "bums" Louis fought actually turned up in shape to fight.

[r.burgundy]

You don't think Louis fought big mean strong guys who could take a punch?

The likes of Peter and Arreola would fit perfectly well into Louis's "bum of the month" club. Except the majority of the "bums" Louis fought actually turned up in shape to fight.

difference being,he fought guys that didnt come to win.majority of those guys were factory workers.boxing was extra income.peter an arreola both come out reigning bombs and are huge.show my 1 big guy that louis fought who aggresively went for a k.o?

[StarshipTrooper]

Boxing is the only sport where athletes/competitors get worse as generations go by.

What you fail to take note of is that boxing is the one sport where the athleticism of the participants is the LEAST important factor. You also left out that boxing is the one of the very few sports where the equipment used by the participants hasn't changed in the last 70 years: It's still two padded gloves and a canvas clad ring.

I would also point out that I fail to see where NBA players today are superior in any way to those that played in the 1980s. There was all this talk about how MLB players were so much better these days but what happend when they took away their steroids? Their power numbers went into the crapper.....go figure.

Poet

[TheGreatA]

difference being,he fought guys that didnt come to win.majority of those guys were factory workers.boxing was extra income.peter an arreola both come out reigning bombs and are huge.show my 1 big guy that louis fought who aggresively went for a k.o?

They all came to win, with more determination than you see today. Sam Peter especially looked like he did not even care about the fight with Vitali due to getting millions of dollars regardless of how he performed. He ended up quitting on his stool. The men who fought Louis were given a once in a lifetime chance at being rich and famous.

Max Baer went for the KO, his 51 career KO's being proof of that, so did his brother Buddy who was 6'6, 250 lbs and had a record of 51 wins, 47 knockouts.
6'5, 255 lb Abe Simon was diagnosed as being impervious to pain.

[StarshipTrooper]

They all came to win, with more determination than you see today. Sam Peter especially looked like he did not even care about the fight with Vitali due to getting millions of dollars regardless of how he performed. He ended up quitting on his stool. The men who fought Louis were given a once in a lifetime chance at being rich and famous.

Max Baer went for the KO, his 51 career KO's being proof of that, so did his brother Buddy who was 6'6, 250 lbs and had a record of 51 wins, 47 knockouts.
6'5, 255 lb Abe Simon was diagnosed as being impervious to pain.

Quitting on your stool has become an accepted practice these days when you're way behind in a fight. The days when fighters would rather die than run up a white flag are LONG gone I'm afraid. Sometimes those guys would score the miracle KO that made the scorecards irrelivent. It's rare to see that now in a lopsided fight as they'd rather pull their own plugs than keep gunning until the final bell.

Poet

[mickey malone]

They all came to win, with more determination than you see today. Sam Peter especially looked like he did not even care about the fight with Vitali due to getting millions of dollars regardless of how he performed. He ended up quitting on his stool. The men who fought Louis were given a once in a lifetime chance at being rich and famous.

Max Baer went for the KO, his 51 career KO's being proof of that, so did his brother Buddy who was 6'6, 250 lbs and had a record of 51 wins, 47 knockouts.
6'5, 255 lb Abe Simon was diagnosed as being impervious to pain.

He also chopped down 260lb Primo Carnera like a tree.. Carnera to this day, still holds the record of the former HW champ with the most KO's.. Over 70 i believe..

[NChristo]

He also chopped down 260lb Primo Carnera like a tree.. Carnera to this day, still holds the record of the former HW champ with the most KO's.. Over 70 i believe..

Yup 72 KOs