What I mean is that many people underestimate him and think that many will beat him, I saw an opinion that even ****ing Valuev could beat him, in general I think Joe is ****ing strong for many adequate people in boxing ️️️
Post 4th round Frazier is hard to keep up with,if you can take him out inside the first 4, you're good,if you wanna take him out to the 5th,good luck.
I had this pointed out to me Frazier wasn’t a slow starter he just fought a consistent pace while the other guy slowed down.
He would actually put pressure on opponents by just coming forward so in a way Frazier was always making his opponents work.
Frazier originally wanted his nickname to be "Rockin" due to how much of a fan of the Rocky movies he was, but due to copyright, he had to change it to "Smokin" (inspired by his mother's tobacco addiction). True story.
If it wasn’t for his Mama’s life long, heavy smoking habit, Joe would’ve been an easy 6’4”, 230 - 240 lb’r. Imagine that upsized version of Joe with all attributes otherwise remaining in place.
At that height and weight keeping all the same "Smokin" attributes Frazier would have been friggin TERRIFYING--holy smokes!!