Joe Frazier- Greatest level of competition in the fewest fights?

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  1. ronnyrains

    ronnyrains Active Member Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali would have to have the record for fighting champions/ top ten contenders 32-5 (20 knockouts). Counting WBA/RING together, Frazier was 14-4 vs top ten, and that is great!
     
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  2. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No love for Ken Lakusta?

    He fought Bruno, Morrison, Ruddock, Tua, Foreman, Holmes and Botha, Tangstad, Berbick, Dokes, Coetzer.

    46 fights.
     
  3. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Probably Joe Frazier first, with Ray Leonard second, and Michael Spinks not far behind. And Spinks would've gotten a lot more wins if he wasn't his brother's keeper.
     
  4. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Leonard was similar and so was Evander. I think the Olympic guys could go for earlier glory with less fights. So they started off fighting tougher guys earlier. Hagler fought 12 more times after he first won his title.. Although Hearns fought almost 40 times from the time he won his first title to when he last fought. Ali a little less. Duran also fought a lot like Hearns. Hearns and Duran were career boxers who fought smaller fights, but Ray and Frazier did not as much.. Maybe it is the Olympic pedigree to them.