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Goodnight, Irene wrote:Of that pretty solid list, I would remove the following candidates as favourites against a prime Schmeling...

Byrd
Cooney
Golota
Klitschko
Klitschko
Lyle
Norton
Page
Shavers
Spinks
Thomas
Tubbs
Witherspoon
Young

Schmeling-Norton would be just about even in the betting, IMO. It'd also be exceedingly difficult for me to pick a favourite were Schmeling to fight the likes of Byrd, Spinks, & Young, but I think I'd give The Black Uhlan Of The Rhine a slim edge.

Schmeling would beat Byrd, Spinks, and Young . . he was never outslicked. Counter-punching and smart pressure with stamina beats slick feather-punching.

I agree witht the removal of the rest of that list.

Page,Tubbs,Golota, Wlad beating Max . . . .I laugh

Of those, Dempsey, Schmeling-Norton jumps out at me as the most intriguing. How do you see this one playing out?

Both men can bang, & each doesn't get winded easily. Schmeling is the more precise puncher, but Norton's awkward approach gave many men problems in & of itself. He also had the better corner. Schmeling was the more durable of the two, IMO, & a more complete ring-technician. Norton appeared more active, & was not above roughing up a foe.

Close fight, IMO. I'd be interested to see if one man's power could change the other?

Goodnight, Irene wrote:Of those, Dempsey, Schmeling-Norton jumps out at me as the most intriguing. How do you see this one playing out?

Both men can bang, & each doesn't get winded easily. Schmeling is the more precise puncher, but Norton's awkward approach gave many men problems in & of itself. He also had the better corner. Schmeling was the more durable of the two, IMO, & a more complete ring-technician. Norton appeared more active, & was not above roughing up a foe.

Close fight, IMO. I'd be interested to see if one man's power could change the other?

We are on the same page . . .I think Norton of the above list would give Max the most problems, especially his jab, which I think is under-rated when discussing HW jabs.

However, I think Max at one point really nails him with the right, and I think after that the fight changes and Max as the aggressor takes charge and gets a late stoppage.

But hey, if Norton is on top form and Max isn't, I can def. see Norton winning a decision. He had the neccesary stamina that others on the list (Thomas, Shavers, Klits, Lyle etc.) didn't have.

Like I said .. my opinion :)

I have only seen both Louis fights..
select rounds of both Sharkey fights, some of the Stribling fight,
a good chunk of the Baer fight,

what other fights of Max are available ?

Robinson wrote:Like I said .. my opinion :)

I have only seen both Louis fights..
select rounds of both Sharkey fights, some of the Stribling fight,
a good chunk of the Baer fight,

what other fights of Max are available ?

There are also HLs available of his fights with Neusel, Foord, and his complete fight with Walker.

No Max is not overrated he beat the best Heavyweight of all time. Schmelling would do well against most fighters and was a good boxer.

He beat an up and coming Louis.

A damned good win for Max. But Max also lost to some
guys while he was in good form he did lose to some guys
that were not ATG worthy.

In fairness, so did a lot of genuinely great fighters, though. Fellows like Alexis Arguello, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, & Carlos Monzon all lost fights they shouldn't have. While Louis would improve in time, he wasn't entirely green, either --- it wasn't the elite version of The Brown Bomber Schmeling faced, but it wasn't a long way short of him, either.

Schmeling, of course, was not in the same class as the above men --- but it does go to show anything can happen in that square