Joe Frazier '71 vs. Larry Holmes '82

Really? All kinds of **** gets posted here but this one you take offense to?

 

Where do I start?

"Other than Ali in the one fight Frazier never beat anyone near peak Holmes caliber."

Sadly This was probably the least ludicrous part of his post.

Frazier may have only beat one fighter on or above Holmes level, but Holmes beat NOBODY on Frazier's level.

"Unlike many of the 1960s and 1970s Ali fanboys on here I think this would be a relatively easy match for a prime Larry Holmes who slices him up at range"

"In my opinion from just watching them, Frazier was a very good pressure fighter… not great."

"I see this fight going into about round 8-9-10 with Holmes pitching a virtual shutout but Frazier willing a few comparison rounds that the judges gave him because he did better than in other rounds."

"People rate Frazier high because they love Ali so much because of his charisma and political significance."

"He should have lost all three fights to Norton, the fight to Shavers and the fight to Jimmy Young. He was knocked down and almost out by Henry Cooper early on and got a generous decision against Doug Jones."

As I stated it was a downright atrocious post which is why you're the ONLY person who liked it (not saying you're a bad poster by any means).

 

Who says I don't take offense to the other **** posts here?

I called this one in particular because it was straight up garbage, and frankly it's downright embarrassing you gave it a like.

 

Fair enough. Having re-read it, you’re probably right. Have rescinded my like. Lol.

 

Good. You now rejoin the list of ESB's best posters!

 

It's an amazing fight and a very tough match up for Larry .. I like Joe over 15 in a great fight ..

 

Holmes by decision or late tko.

Frazier doesnt have enough guns

 

This wouldn’t even be close. Larry from the Mercer fight takes Joe out. Joe can not hurt Larry and Larry is way better than Clay.

 

Joe would take too many right hands and eventually get flattened. It would be like son Marvis but wouldnt succumb until round ten or later

 

Joe broke Larry's ribs.

 

When Larry was young and green. Prime Larry spanks Joe

 

And basically Larry was getting paid to let Joe beat up on him

 

Probably not though. It would a good fight.

Who did Holmes ever beat that was on Joe Frazier's level? Or even fought like Frazier?
They asked Larry one time how he would fight against himself. How would he approach it. Holmes said "I would turn myself into Joe Frazier".

 

Of coarse Larry is gonna say that he was friends with him.

 

Did someone really compare Marvis to Joe because they have they are father and son and participated in the same sport? That's akin to comparing Michael Jordan Jr. to Michael Jordan because they are father and son and both played basketball.