Clearest Joe Louis Video EVER

holy shit its like HD

THAT was astonishing. Good Lord what a puncher. Watching that I was thinking "How did Louis never kill a man?" I suspect the answer was nobody could take a sustained beating from him. Once they got hurt the game was up.

Unlike most of today's fighters Louis generated his power from tremendous leverage.

WinstonSmith wrote:

Unlike most of today's fighters Louis generated his power from tremendous leverage.

See Uzcudun (I think) do a 360 on the way down?

marbleheadmaui wrote:

WinstonSmith wrote:

Unlike most of today's fighters Louis generated his power from tremendous leverage.

See Uzcudun (I think) do a 360 on the way down?

I remember Godoy taking the best Louis had to offer and going after Louis after the fight was stopped.He was one tough dude.

WinstonSmith wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

WinstonSmith wrote:

Unlike most of today's fighters Louis generated his power from tremendous leverage.

See Uzcudun (I think) do a 360 on the way down?

I remember Godoy taking the best Louis had to offer and going after Louis after the fight was stopped.He was one tough dude.

Yup. One thing that is amazing about Louis is he became the first guy to stop 5-6 different guys who were long established and had never been stopped. Guys who finished a fight with Louis on their feet were serious business.

great shit bird. Im sure it took some work to clean up the video like that. Nice

My GOD that's impressive video! It's too bad more quality film like that isn't around of old-time fighters. In some of the lower quality stuff it's hard to appreciate how good these guys were.

You can almost feel the shots from Louis in some of those clips. JEEZUS that man could punch

i know this vid blew me outta my chair when i found it

mrble that 360 punch is NUTS

Tobe06 wrote:

My GOD that's impressive video! It's too bad more quality film like that isn't around of old-time fighters. In some of the lower quality stuff it's hard to appreciate how good these guys were.

You can almost feel the shots from Louis in some of those clips. JEEZUS that man could punch

Somebody around here one time said it exactly right. Louis LIQUIFIED men when he hit them.

This video may be good enough that the Tyson fanatics can look at it and say "Oh, THAT'S why they talk about Louis punching that way."

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Tobe06 wrote:

My GOD that's impressive video! It's too bad more quality film like that isn't around of old-time fighters. In some of the lower quality stuff it's hard to appreciate how good these guys were.

You can almost feel the shots from Louis in some of those clips. JEEZUS that man could punch

Somebody around here one time said it exactly right. Louis LIQUIFIED men when he hit them.

This video may be good enough that the Tyson fanatics can look at it and say "Oh, THAT'S why they talk about Louis punching that way."

Yup. And the really impressive part is how he's setting these guy up. There are lot of clips of big KOs from guys like Tyson pressing and swinging away with haymakers; but just watching Louis step with his man and time the right perfectly is a thing of beauty.

Tobe06 wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Tobe06 wrote:

My GOD that's impressive video! It's too bad more quality film like that isn't around of old-time fighters. In some of the lower quality stuff it's hard to appreciate how good these guys were.

You can almost feel the shots from Louis in some of those clips. JEEZUS that man could punch

Somebody around here one time said it exactly right. Louis LIQUIFIED men when he hit them.

This video may be good enough that the Tyson fanatics can look at it and say "Oh, THAT'S why they talk about Louis punching that way."

Yup. And the really impressive part is how he's setting these guy up. There are lot of clips of big KOs from guys like Tyson pressing and swinging away with haymakers; but just watching Louis step with his man and time the right perfectly is a thing of beauty.

The impression Louis leaves is he is perfectly positioned to throw another combination right away if the guy doesn't fall down. The violence, as violent as it is, remains controlled.

Bump so everyone sees this remarkable footage.

glad you guys ennjoyed just drove back to dtown so been away for most of the day

Birdofthad wrote:

glad you guys ennjoyed just drove back to dtown so been away for most of the day

I think you oughtta make a sticky category for truly extraordinary footage like this that we can add too from time to time as we find things.

The shot at 2:21 is like a cobra striking! His left hand just pawing then BOOM!! Beautiful stuff!

nano212 wrote:

The shot at 2:21 is like a cobra striking! His left hand just pawing then BOOM!! Beautiful stuff!

The end of Mr. Schmeling.

good idea on the sticky marble i will do so tomorrow

just imagine if the war doesnt happen he has 30 + defenses EASY

Birdofthad wrote:

just imagine if the war doesnt happen he has 30 + defenses EASY

Yup. And guys like Lem Franklin and Melio Bettina and Jimmy Bivins and Curtis Sheppard and Elmer Ray get shots after all.

One of the many things I liked about Joe Louis, was how he rarely wasted punches, he usually made them all count. Nice find Bird, this video shows that Louis wasn't the undisputed Heavyweight Champion for 12 years by accident, he was incredibly good at his craft.

completely agree ring

and marble who was it that beat Bivins and Les Masavoich or whatever??

Ezzard Charles?

Birdofthad wrote:

completely agree ring

and marble who was it that beat Bivins and Les Masavoich or whatever??

Ezzard Charles?

You mean Gus Lesnevich?

Ezzard beat Bivins several times and beat Lesnevich when Gus was at the very end.

ya Gus lesnevich thats who i was talking about

thanks was positive it was Charles but figured i may be wrong

I think prime Louis beats Ezzard rather easily

The man came to fight, not just to survive. Somebody show this to the brothers Klitschko.