How many people here consider Joe Louis the greatest HW ever ??

Rattler said:

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Right behind Ali. You simply can't (IMO) overcome Ali's resume. It's impossible. Louis' era hurts him in this regard.

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Ali´s resume is better.....but is it enough to surpass Joe´s dominance ?
No, IMO......Ali never beat Frazier showing real superiority...like Frazier did, in the first fight....so to me, Ali´s resume is more about Liston and Foreman...and I consider both great wins but a tad overrated, especially the Foreman one (I don´t consider Liston a great fighter).
The way Louis dominated his era was more impressive IMO.

Rattler said:

1. Louis was dominant... but if he had the occasional Frazier or Foreman peppered into his Bum of the Month club, the "dominance" argument wouldn't exist because Louis would've picked up a loss or two and broke up the consecutive years stretch Louis had. So, Louis' strongest argument is slightly skewed by (much) inferior competition.

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Possibly.....yes.
But maybe he would beat Frazier more convincingly than Ali....but yeah, I won´t disagree with you, I mean...it´s okay.

I don´t agree that it was much inferior competition btw.....