He was simply amazing! And he was even better at welterweight as incredible as it may sound
Same with me. It was a tremendous fight and although it took more out of Joe than it did Muhammad,Frazier definitely won it.
I was actually talking about the second NORTON fight. For the second Frazier one I scored it the same as you
Elijah Tillery. A cruiser who moved up to heavy. Riddick Bowe was his most well known opponent. In some pics you may notice a facial...
I can see Shavers knocking Joe down at some point and he would come steaming in trying to finish him. That's when Louis would catch him with...
Muhammad and Joe definitely went above and beyond the call of duty in their trilogy
I remember reading Ken's analysis on that fight too. Boxing Illustrated? Nearly 50 years ago now - how time flies,eh?
All would have done well and given Louis competitive,albeit losing,fights.
Fight number 2 was definitely my favourite one of the trilogy. I score it 6-5-1 Muhammad.
Definitely!
Very true. Muhammad particularly rated Sonny's jab.
Muhammad Ali - Archie Moore,Floyd Patterson,Joe Frazier,(underrated skills) Ken Norton and Larry Holmes
Cheers,Fergy. I've always admired Frazier but a lot of people tend to give him a pass on this.
Muhammad was the first to admit,in more recent years,that he was wrong going over the top in his treatment of Joe. But Frazier could never seem...
Good one,Fergy! Joe's stock would have inevitably risen owing to being unbeaten and winning FOTC. Opinion would have been split over who would...
