Prime to prime. Both at their best. Does Joe smash thru him? Is the elder K capable of beating Smoke?
The truth is that Vitali Klitschko would beat him to a pulp and enjoy doing so, but people won't want to hear that.
Anyone gives Joe Frazier a chance against Vitali Klitschko ? Now that's a question. Joe should be fast enough to get by Vitali’s powerful jab, and get inside and if he does, he has a chance. But he really has to be quick enough to do it, Vitali was really strong, but probably not like foreman, nor did he have a sledghammer punching power, so it's sounds good to joe. But if Vitali use his great boxing skills and reach to keep Joe at bay, then Vitali might have won. I would favor Vitali, i don't see Frazier getting inside everytime They fight unless if you give him Mike Tyson's speed and then we would see a different result.
The way Vitali punches would make it very difficult for him to land a clean punch on Frazier. Because Vitali doesn't have the variety of shots and Frazier has great head and upper body movement. You don't want to hear that but its fact.. You don't want to hear that Vitali did nothing better than Joe Bugner but its fact.
An hard fight for Joe. In some way a lot harder than beating Ali. Bigger man by a fair bit. Good boxing fundamentals, iron chin, extremely hard punch.
Vitali should win 10 times out of 10 on paper but we're talking about a famously mentally weak fighter versus Joe mother****ing Frazier. One of these men is prepared to go through hell on Earth to win and it's not Vitali.
Joe Frazier would win a unanimous decision. Too relentless, too busy, too skilled, 3 minutes every round. Frazier will back him up and that is when he takes command.
Of course Vitali has a chance against Frazier in fact I'd say he has a good chance. I'll go with Joe UD or late stoppage but it would be competitive at least in the early rounds but over 15 rounds the constant, relentless pressure from Frazier would get the win