Imagine Ali-Frazier II takes place in 1972

Mendoza · Mar 12, 2015

choklab said: ↑

I think the Stander fight showed that Fraziers prowess had reduced from 1971 and that came before the Foreman fight. You watch that fight and it is apparent that Joe isn't punching until he has walked all the way in. where as before he could catch a faster taller Ali at long range. I can't decide if was eyesight, timing or coordination that he lost but a part of Fraziers game was gone. Joe had lost a range that he could fight at before and it never came back.

The beating he took winning against Ali hurt joe more than Ali did losing. The Foreman fight could not have helped Frazier much either but he was not the same fighter anyway. Foreman could draw a line on the floor and know he could reach Joe whilst he could not reach him. Target practice. Compared to the 1971 version of Frazier, Joe was a sitting duck for a puncher with longer arms.
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Pretty much how I see it.

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