Marvis Frazier in today's heavyweight division

Good question.

I think Marvis would fair better as a cruiser myself, he could certainly cut the weight, but I think Holmes and Tyson proved Marvis couldn't really take a huge shot like Joe could. He would probably climb into the top 5 and then get stopped by either klitschko.

 

I like Marvis Frazier and felt that he had some unfullfilled talent, but I think he'd be hard pressed to go very far in today's division.. He was never much for taking a punch, and had very little power himself. His boxing ability might earn him a few good wins, but I don't think its enough to make an impact on a division that's loaded with big men, and heavy punchers.

 

True. His father sent him into some of his bigger fights with the wrong fight game, and he paid dearly for it. I can see him doing okay in any era, but there are few periods to almost none where I can imagine him being a world champion.

 

Marvis Frazier would beat Chambers, Shot Ruiz, Sosnowski, Chisora, Harrison...

 

No on Chambers, Ruiz is retired, the others he would have a chance against.

 

marvis would be a cruiser, but he would beat anyone at hw except the klitschko brothers

 

no, he would definitely beat Harrison, chisora and swonsoki. same with almost anyone today besides haye and the klits.

 

Frazier would need careful match making to obtain a top 15 spot.

 

it's interesting and looking at his amateur pedigree and results, I agree that he would excelled had he stuck as a boxer. i'd say he's right in the heavyweight mix, around top 5 and a tough night for anyone at the present not named klitschko

 

I don't see his career being much diffrent. He would decision some of the more limited top 10 oafs on the Broad and Smith level, get rushed into a couple big fights and get crushed. Saying he would only lose to the K-Bros or Haye is pretty much the same as just losing to Holmes and Tyson in his era.

 

A good fighter Marvis was, he just was in a era where to of the finest champions were there in Holmes and Tyson. Marvis, would be top 5 in todays HW division.

 

Agreed, but Chambers is actually pretty good. Not great, but good, especially against most top HWs.