If Frazier participated in the HW tourny for the vacated title, What happens?

As a just turned 14 year old in the early summer of 67 I was 'pumped up' for the tourney. Without going to BoxRec or other sites I think I can remember many of the particulars surrounding the tourney.
No mention of Chuvalo, or Cooper for that matter. And I think Leotis (a fine scrapper in his own right) I believe was a last-second sub for someone else. His fight with Ellis was interesting and, I think, available. If memory serves Ellis came out fast, as usual, and soon had Martin's nose and mouth very bloody (which caused the eventual stoppage) tho Martin was coming on at the end with crisp, hard counters. Another aspect of their fight was that Leotis kept going to the body for some reason? Frazier, I believe, had already signed for the early summer of 67 Chuvalo fight. Mathias came later. The first round of the tourney was, I believe, in August with Ellis stopping Martin on cuts and Spencer upsetting Terrell. Many so-called 'pundits' had Spencer as a possible favorite going into the tourney which boggled my mind at the time not to mention that after Jerry stopped him in the semi-final he went 0-7-1 in his last eight fights after that.
Floyd should have beaten Jerry both times except for his passivity.
Consider that, had Floyd got the nod over Jerry in the tourney, he would have faced Spencer who I strongly feel he would have beaten. That would have led to the Oakland 'title' fight against Ellis in early 68. Then we wouldn't have seen the Sept. 68 Stockholm Ellis-Floyd controversial scrap.
Back to Frazier; I too think he could have won the tourney BUT...neither Joe nor Jerry were quite 'prime' yet and could have had problems with a couple of the entrants.
That tourney was a good one, IMO, with Muhammad on the 'sidelines'.
My $0.02

 

Yeah Terrell was the best one in the tourney. He had he best resume at least- quality wins over solid opposition. He shouldn't have lost to Spencer.

Terrell would have tried to spoil had he won the tourney and fought Frazier, but it wouldn't have lasted. Frazier still beats him.

Patterson proved himself above all those in the tourney, as he went as competitive as possible with Quarry, whipped Bonavena, and totally bossed Ellis despite what the judges said.

He too would have been destroyed by Frazier.

 

I believe Eddie`s logic was that there would be a bunch of losers and only one winner. Let them fight it out while Joe could still make $ with Mathis and then Frazier could fight the winner of the tourney for a good purse.

It got delayed a bit but eventually Frazier was able to do just that.

 

The Patterson vs Ellis fight is good. Patterson breaks Ellis' nose early, like 1st or 2nd round and whips him. Still wonder what fight the judges were watching...

As you (should) know, Frazier fought Bonavena twice.

 

Good fight. Harold Valan, the sole judge, blew the call on that one and never lived it down. Patterson should have been the first guy to win the title three times.

 

There weren't any judges, the referee Harold Valan was the sole arbiter and he voted for Ellis. It was a close fight that most thought Floyd had edged.

 

Ellis beat Quarry in a stinker in which neither wanted to lead.

 

Terrell had been ruined by Ali. Spencer pissed his chance away by bad training habits.