Your Personal Favourite heavyweight.

Joe Frazier.

I still have not seen a heavyweight fight the way he did. The energy that he put out was very rare. He was non stop motion almost like a heavyweight Henry Armstrong. He had to work so hard to get inside of opponents that stood 6-3 or 6-4 and sometimes had 10 or 15lbs on him. It took alot of determination but also skill on Joe Frazier`s part.

There was nothing crude about his game. Joe was a precise, accurate puncher and a skilled inside fighter. His quickness was slightly under rated as well as his defense moving in. Sure he got hit but not always as cleanly as some casual fans might have thought. He rolled and slipped under many shots. He protected that chin better than he was given credit for.

I also think Joe was a good dude. His work ethic was from another era and he never acted like he was better than the average person on the street. Joe was a people`s champion.

Joe had the honor of a real champion. When he lost the Thrilla In Manila rather than fight a mid level guy he gets back in the ring with George Foreman who had KOd him brutally in 1973. You wouldnt see that today. Joe was old school. He had uncommon courage.

That is just a few of the reasons why Joe is my favorite fighter in any division.

 

Willuam The Prussian Sherriff

 

Prime Holyfield, the way he carried himself, calm cool demeanor, never say die attitude..

 

It's like asking me to choose between my children.

I'll take Ali, but with apologies to all my other favourites.

 

Jack Dempsey

 

I think Joe is one of everybody's favourites.

 

Beautiful writing ETM! Thanks for taking the time to flesh that out!

For me...Joe Louis or Sonny Liston. Gun to my head?...

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Just a perfect boxing machine. He was/is hated and underated yet all he did was get in there and bang heads. Wonderful Jab, right hand, underated footwork, hooks, uppercuts and mean-spirited. Clay did what he did but no one else could deal with him. Even when he got back in the ring after Lewis, Maine he was still breaking necks.

I know he quit and all that but, I still hold him high because he is such a fascinating character and all out war machine.

 

This, just the heart that guy had. If there was no referee to stop a fight after a couple consecutive knockdowns, I bet that you could knock Joe down 25 times he would still get up and be in your face. Those fellas who won fights almost purely on their heart can only be adored.

And he really seemed like a nice guy who did his job like any other man. He said in one of his last interviews that he doesn't like to talk about his fighting days with his family and friends since he didn't like to look back, only forward.

 

I read a pretty informative book Joe wrote called "Box Like The Pros."

In it he referred to the left hand as SEEK and the right hand as DESTROY.

Not over complicated :good

 

The People's Champion when Frazier was champ was Muhammad Ali not Frazier.

After beating Ali in 1971 Frazier defended his title against two unrated journeymen , Stander and Daniels, it was 2 years before he fought a rated contender in1973.
I would agree he was a fine man , and that he had uncommon courage.

 

Big fan of Tyson

But recently come to appreciate both Holyfield and Lewis. Especially Lewis, always cool, calm, collected and a very intelligent fighter and he had that beautiful right hand as well

 

I am also going with joe frazier , strong , single minded and more skilled than a lot give him credit for and managed to keep his dignity when provoked beyond levels of good taste even for boxing .


Honourable mention's
Larry Holmes - loved watching him box pure skill

Jack Dempsey - simply ferocious a demon on legs

And just missing out on top spot joe Louis - a wonderful boxer who set traps

Two lesser heavies

Cooney - killer hook and what might have been

Bruno - bbbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrruuuuuuunnnnnnooooooooo