Frazier Vs Foreman 2

This fight was interesting to me,because it seemed like Joe had the right idea. but I always wondered, to me,it looked like the reason why Joe lost this time as opposed to last time,was that he looked like he gassed out more than he was hurt. After that one huge slip he was leaning on the ropes.

I am just wondering if you guys think he actually was hurt or he gassed before the actual knockdown

 

I actually really loved the way Joe fought in the 2nd (haven't seen him fight much. I am doing an Ali marathon and am at the Bonevana fight,so we will see how the FOTC is).
But Joe looked good in the 2nd, George was missing almost everything it looked like

 

I watched Ali fight Quarry after he fought Foley, and I know that was after the Lay-off but god Muhammad looked AWFUL. where as before he was floating around the ring, now he just looked like he was jumping up and down

 

I gave him 1 but I felt George was swinging and if he could have kept it up,he probably could have gassed him. The problem was he looked like he gassed himself

 

To be honest. A part of me, even though Joe looked good. I felt that if George just put the gas on the pedal, he would have just ended it in 2 rounds like the first time. Joe didn't have the chin,speed to deal with him. Also Joe from the few fights I saw, he didn't throw enough punches either nor did he have the power.

Usually when I think Joe could have won at times. I just look at the tactics ,but the problem was Joe just didn't have the physicals to deal with him. I don't really think it was a stylistic thing, it was just that Ali was just a lot more physically gifted than Joe was. Joe had the power,but Ali had the speed,legs,IQ,chin.

Joe just wasn't a genetic freak like Ali or Foreman was.

I refuse to believe the reason Ali beat George was purely based around his gameplan.

 

To me the rock paper scissors thing is just a bunch of crap.
Joe was Ali's poison , so was Norton. But that didn't mean much ,he still beat both twice, so that is why I don't buy that style makes fights.

Thinking a bit more, and not looking at fighting strategy. I just don't think the reason why Joe couldn't beat George was a stylistic problem.
The problem was that George just had the phyiscals to beat Joe.
George had the chin,the reach,the power,the strength. It took Ron Lyle,who was a murderous puncher,arguably I'd say the 3rd hardest puncher in the 70s.

The more I think about it,it was never a styllistic problem.