Joe Frazier vs Tyson's road to unification.

I think he comes a cropper somewhere down the line but I am not sure against who. The thing with Frazier is that he fought extremely few noted punchers so he may find the otherwise limited Bonecrusher Smith hot to handle.
Don't get me wrong; Joe was a fighting man of the highest order but the magnificent series against Ali aside, I don't think his career was all that stellar. In some ways he seemed a bit protrcted.
Anyway, he's too good for a Berbick or a Biggs or an old Holmes for sure.
Tucker could be a problem as said above and I have a suspicion someone like a Smith-a big guy who can punch-could upset him.
Tubbs could be interesting because he had fast hands an iron chin and good stamina. Smart boxer too.
Spinks? Hard to say since the version of him that Tyson fought didn't last long enough for us to gauge where he was at.
Bruno I think falls short. Huge puncher but awful stamina and little confidence against the cream of the crop. But he definitely could hit so one cannot say for sure.

 

but would tucker's style even exist if ali v frazier hadn't happened.

 

Smith and Tucker would be the greatest threats I think. Doubtful if Tucker had the power to stop Joe, though.

 

A well balanced view and certainly plausible. I think Smith's chances against him would depend on how he chose to fight Joe. Against Tyson he held back and did quite a bit of holding and clinching. If he makes and asserted effort to hit Joe he might very well hurt him. In all reality though I think Frazier could beat most or even all the men Tyson faced in his rise to the lineal title.

 

Smiths chance would have been a hell of a lot more different if he actually fought Tyson too, let's not forget he had Tyson on ***** Street for a brief moment at the end of the fight.

 

I think he beats most of them too, I have a feeling he could fall off after Spinks the way he did after beating Ali. He feels he reached the pinnacle and doesn't have to work the same way now.

 

Thing about both Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier is that neither of them were built for longevity. Their styles and physical attributes made for shortened primes. So yeah. Whatever either of them endeavored to do, they would always be limited to a duration of about 3.5 years to get it done.

 

I've never felt that way about Tyson personally. I always thought his defense and skills were good enough that they could have carried him to a long reign if he wanted bad enough. Unfortunately he didn't want to be a boxing great as bad as he wanted other things. I just look at the fact that he didn't get hit that much and don't believe he would burn out that soon.