Conn still seemed to have some pretty quick hands and feet despite a 4 year layoff.
Louis seems to knock Conn down with a jab in the 6th round.
Both fading fast as fighters.
Louis was pretty much done after the war, the 2nd Conn fight was a matter of who had slipped the most in 5 years.
He got caught by Maurello, won a VERY contraversial decision in the 1st Walcott fight and was out boxed in the 2nd before retrieving the fight with a nice knock out.
Both fading fast as fighters.
Louis was pretty much done after the war, the 2nd Conn fight was a matter of who had slipped the most in 5 years.
He got caught by Maurello, won a VERY contraversial decision in the 1st Walcott fight and was out boxed in the 2nd before retrieving the fight with a nice knock out.
I wouldn't say he was done but he was not the Louis of old, certainly.
Louis still displays some handspeed against Conn, Mauriello and Walcott, which he no longer had by the time he fought Charles, Marciano and the fights he had in between.
Conn was close to shot but I'm impressed with the speed he had at that point, even though it was almost like watching the first fight in slow motion.
even though it was almost like watching the first fight in slow motion.
How true is that.
Thanks for posting the Mauriello fight not seen that one in years, remember Louis getting caught early but didn't remember how vulnerable he looked pretty much the whole round. Still guess he could get caught even at his peak a la Galento.
Still think about my man Baksi, he would have definately been in there for a few rounds and Louis was catching.......
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