Reviewing "Ali-Frazier 1" right now outta tribute to Joe Frazier's death....

True. I wonder if the ones who denigrate Ali's perfornance in this fight,realise that they're selling Frazier short by doing so...?.

 

Yeah, prime Frazier would beat Ali and Foreman on the same night.

Frazier was so great that if he hadn't been beaten shot by a rusty Ali he'd still be good enough in 1986 to give Tyson a hell of a fight, and thus be regognized as the GOAT.

 

I love how he's supposed to have totally dominated Ali, but in the next breath the fight supposedly ruined him and thus excuses him being bounced around by the man who lost to Jimmy Young. Btw, Boxed Ears; didn't you have something to say about said Jimmy Young?:smoke

 

About the rematch I have to say, though, that Ali's holding really bothered me last time I watched it. Frazier had a right to feel aggrieved by Perez' performance that night (as had of course Ali to a certain extent).

 

I had it something similar. 9-6 I think, but 10-5 could probably be doable as well. But no more than that IMO.

 

Aw man, let's don't open Pandora's Box again..I wear myself out trying to straighten out BE about Jimmy Young!:verysad

 

Just thought I'd try and drive a wedge into your alliance. You know divide and conquer and all that.

 

To be fair to Joe, this kind of score doesn't really do his victory justice since he had two rounds that would have been 10-8 in a ten must systet. In other words he won by some 5 points on my card, which is a comfortable enough margin. But still, almost every round except those two was hard fought and some were absolutely brutal.

 

:thumbsup

 

I wish Frazier would have fought...

Liston in 1968 or '69,
Patterson in 1972,
and Young, Lyle, and Shavers at some point.

I also wish he would have still been good enough in 1978 to have fought his old friend Ken Norton for the WBC HW belt... instead of Holmes getting the shot.