would joe louis have beat Ezzard charles and rocky marciano in his prime.

[phallus]

rocky marciano had the worst style for louis, he hated to fight swarmers - which rocky was. becasue of the styles, i think the rock would always beat louis ( and i think joe louis is the greatest hw champ of all time ).
young louis would beat ezzard charles, but it'd still be a tough fight. ezzard charles was very fast and skilled and a hard puncher. if it was the charles before he killed sami baroudi in the ring ( when ezzard still had the desire to win by KO ) i'd say he puts up a great fight and probably knocks louis down early. louis gets up to stop charles late in the fight

[Steelhammer86]

They had great respect for each other. Marciano vs. Louis both at age 30 would have been a great fight, and I don't know who would have won. I rate them as two of the top five heavyweights of all time.

I don't know much about Ezzard Charles, but I think Louis at his peak would have probably defeated him.

[-Antonio-]

Ali got alot of bs decisions, his whole boxing record is bs. He had like the mob behind him, theres a couple of fighters who beat ali but got robbed in the decision. Ali is the biggest over-rated junk in the history of boxing. Foreman is where its at. OMG, he beat Foreman. Atleast Foreman worked for all his wins and didn't have the mob behind him givinig him wins. Actually, it was quite the opposite with George Foreman, he had the mob against him. Shannon Briggs decision over Foreman was shameful to boxing. It's like this, after his win against Foreman, everyone was giving Ali a ****ing *******.

What the **** are you talking about? The mob?

[-Antonio-]

I think Marciano would eventually stop him either way. I just think the power and the constant pressure will eventually get to Louis.

[Steelhammer86]

What the **** are you talking about? The mob?

He means Don King and company...a lot of people think King's a bad mofo.

[macman]

I think Louis beats Marciano - probably have a very rough time early but Louis was too technically sound for Marciano.

Problem with prime Louis VS prime Charles, is that prime Charles is a Light-Heavy, so would favour Louis in that one as well.