silkov wrote:Abe Simon was probably one of the most formidable fighters Louis fought, very powerful and pretty fast for such a big guy, he would have given Walcott a hard fight at any point and its foolish to say that it wasn't a legitamate victory or that Walcott was green!!!...![]()
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walcot who was well before his prime was dominating simons the first 5 rounds before walcott ran out of gas and fell over more from exhaustion than from simons punches. like foreman did with ali except worse!
a prime walcott would easily beat simon, just take a look at wut that version of walcott was doing to simon and imagine what a prime walcott would have done! simon was made for jersey joe!
it was was not a legit victory because walcott was not in his prime when he fought simons. is willie armstrongs decision over dick tiger count as a legit win? no because even though tiger was 28, he was not even a contender at the time and far before his prime . walcott was a part time journeyman fighter at the time simon beat him and walcott took the fight on 24 hr notice!
simons win counts for as much as beating a journeyman. i mean look at walcotts record at the time. walcott was losing to every contender he faced and drawing with 18-19 fighters!
prime walcott 15 wide unanimous Simon
collins, i heard theres breif footage of marciano and vingo slugging it out before it show vingo out on the floor