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Kalan wrote: ↑16 Oct 2017, 15:57

funso banjo baby wrote: Also check out the second Joe Louis V Jersey Joe Walcott fight. Louis takes at least one punch during his legendary final winning barrage that would have felled a tree

Louis had no fear of Walcott's power.. Walcott had a 45% KO ratio. Walcott couldn't even get Johnny Allen out -- at 11-14-1 Allen lost more fights than he won and had been knocked out 4 times already... Walcott was making his 40th pro fight but lost a decision to Allen.

Louis was old and easy to tag.. Walcott got him with 2 nice left hooks as they traded shots.. They rocked Louis that it.. Louis hit back much harder and knocked Walcott out for one of his several KO defeats.. Not the strongest chin there either.

Schmeling and Marciano were much better punchers than Walcott.. When they hit Louis good he was KO'd... Louis was knocked down a dozen times and he was never noted for having a great chin... Some even thought him a bit chinny.

Dempsey did have a good chin... He didn't have a stellar defense and absorbed some massive shots.