Joe Frazier's Record

Good one. Haven't heard that since middle school.

I don't care nearly enough about you.

 

Did you write them a cute paragraph about "Homophobia" too?

You care enough to start whatever pettiness you call this.

 

I was mildly curious as to which number alt you were responding to. I don't care nearly enough to "cry" about you. You're an insignificant unimaginative troll who likes to stir the pot (by your own admission).

 

It’s all been said before I guess but it seems a combination of Joe’s style (self wearing and tearing) and high quality opp. that saw a relatively shorter career.

Joe had to make up for and exceed no mean deficiencies in height, reach etc.

We can at least say that, manifestly, Joe only fought 1 of the big 3 punchers of his era and unfortunately, he was demolished by that 1 puncher - though he was NOT literally knocked out - how, I will never know. He took the biggest punches Foreman EVER laid on anyone.

As to the whys and wherefores behind his not facing the other two, , well, that is open to debate.

One could probably rationalise it down to some hiccups during Shavers’ and Lyle’s careers and more deserving/desired match ups otherwise.

I don’t know. Looking at Patterson’s career, you can see how far it can be taken to technically reason away this match and the other.

Perhaps Yank Durham’s not wanting Frazier to fight Foreman reflected a general aversion to the bigger punchers.

That’s not a slight on Frazier - he fought Foreman, and even rematched him despite the first catastrophe.

Joe, personally, would not have baulked at facing anyone.