Prime Joe Louis vs Top Heavyweights ever

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Theres NO heavyweight with Joe Louis's ability! He has near perfect technique when throwing punches, his balance and arm slots are exactly where they need to be. He has balance and his step to movement is as good as ANY boxers. He has a great chin and his blocking slipping and fainting is also tops amonst the heavies. He had excellant power in either hand and his jab alone paralized men.
If you know what your looking at Joe did everything far above a good average and had NO weaknesses!!! Perfect size for a heavy at 6'2" 200 to 210, had mobility and sat down on his punches as well as Marciano and Dempsey did. Threw combination better than Ali did and had no quit in him as Tyson did.
Look at Joe being beaten by Max, he took shots that no one could take. He actually tried to get up while he was unconscience. Look at what happened when the rematch happened. The most devasting one round in heavy history. Max was NO punk he could box and punch and was "screaming" from kidney shots he was turning in to. He's technically better than anyone he has all the power he needs and he is ready and willing to win and that seperates him too. Ali was the "greatest" promotion and a great athlete and champion but Joe Louis had ALL the attributes and did it all correctly. Ray.

there is no perfect fighter and there is no fighter in the history of the sport with no weaknesses! Joe Louis was a helluva fighter and I see him as the 2nd greatest heavyweight in living memory (as its hard to judge on prime Jack Johnson's, Jim Jeffries and James Corbett's)But saying that I see him behind Ali. louis was definitely not mobile, although he had great balance his footwork was very slow and very average, he was there to be hit, found it very difficult to deal with Fast slick boxers, his chin wasn't as good as you are trying to make out, Billy Conn dropped him in there fight! He hit harder than Ali but that doesn't mean that he was a better combination puncher. Prime Ali vs Prime Louis - the only advantage Louis has is power, and Ali had one of the ATG chins!