How was Frazier able to fight most of his career partially blind in one eye?

Why would Frazier purposely end his career by announcing something like this if he himself believed he could fight with one eye?

 

I heard the trick he played to get his license went like this:

Doctor: Place your hand over your left eye
Frazier: Placed his left hand over his left eye
Doctor: Now place your hand over your right eye
Frazier: Would drop his left hand from his left eye, and raise his right over his left eye again.

Apparently this worked like a charmed.

 

was wondering about it myself! Would be interesting to know!

 

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Agreed, but you must remember that it was a different era and Frazier could, by all measures, fight effectively with the eye situation as most of his early fights were ending by brutal KO. There was also far too much money to be lost if Frazier's eye problem became public as he was clearly destined for greatness and on a crash course with Ali.

 

In his own words: ''They didnt last that long.''

 

"How was Frazier able to fight most of his career partially blind in one eye?"

Great chin, unyielding fortitude, tremendous conditioning and a left hook that could separate anyone from their senses. That's why. Only lost to 2 men, Foreman and Ali.

 

On reference, to was Frazier's rare bravery being considered stupid, it depends on how you look at a boxing warriors bravery. This was the man's way to put food on the table. And he has the soul of a fighter, so I say it was bravery, not stupidity, that fueled him to be a monster in the ring.

On how he was actually able to get medically cleared, someone already posted this, but the different hand over the same eye trick seems to have worked for him.

 

Futch made the biggest decision of his life in my opinion when he pulled Frazier out at the end of the 14th round. He was the only person at that time who knew of Joe's handicap and made the call to stop the fight.

That fight was hanging on the last round or it could have been a draw, Futch didn't think Joe was losing, to stop it when he did was a brave decision.

 

Frazier and his peers were hardened men who fought their way out of dire poverty. No one would even think of taking that livelihood away. It was a different era.

 

didnt frazier hate him for doing that, That was one close war and i could understand why he wanted to continue ALi could barely breath.
Is it by the way 100% true that he fought with one eye almost blind? I always tought they made it up as a myth to make his performances seem more impressive.

 

When you have great head movement like Frazier and the best left hook in the history of the heavyweight division , you only need one good eye.

Would demolish all the champions of today.