Not a what-if this time as they met on two occasions, once in 1936 where Schmeling knocked down Louis for the first time in his career, and the second contest was a first round slaughter from Joe Louis. You can see video of the first and second on YouTube.
In DICE Boxing Joe Louis is good for his position as the favourite going into the match, and it was closer to their real-life second encounter than the first. Max Schmeling started out with bad luck as Louis somehow took the first round despite how even it really was, and that single 10-10 score would be the only time the German was given anything on the scorecards.
While Louis rained down punches on his opponent, Schmeling only made contact very sporadically. So much so that his first round of five punches landed was his best of the match; he only connected four times in the third and seventh rounds. That third round was when the American opened up a cut around Max's left eye and the eventual loser looked out of steam with three rounds to box allowing the victor to hit at will.
Punches Landed/Attempted - Louis 73/142 (51.40%), Schmeling 30/65 (46.15%0
Total Points (at the end of the last completed round) - Louis 269; Schmeling 113
Judges Cards (at the end of the last completed round) - Louis 120-109, 120-108, 120-108 Schmeling
Fouls - Louis 0; Schmeling 0
Cuts Opened - Louis 1; Schmeling 0
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