Of course Rocky and Joe were able to pick and choose the fighters they had in their era.

What do you seek to accomplish by dragging this out?

As per your spelling mistakes, the simplest of people know that Louise is a woman's name and if you're going to post about Joe Louis you're going to do it correctly because he's the greatest heavyweight of all-time and he deserves some respect no matter what you think of him....I don't call Ali Allie...but then again maybe I was a little harsh on you...you might be so ignorant that you actually think that Louise is the correct spelling, sorry for overestimating you.

Larry Holmes didn't have time to fully prepare for the fight with Tyson...of course he went in thinking he could win as he was a great heavyweight and went into every fight thinking that.

However Joe Louis was still an active fighter when he fought Rocky (having fought 7 fights in 1951 prior to fighting Rocky) and Larry Holmes on the other hand was in semi-retirement following his "losses" to Michael Spinks in 1986.....2 years later he fights Mike Tyson, no tune up, and no full training camp.