Coming up Saturday ??? Anybody think he has that vaunted hook like his pappy ?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDDKLYI8Mzk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
In Marvis' defense, he would have been a much better CW, and he was fighting in a style that didn't match his skillset.
Even if he was a reincarnation of his dad. I am sorry left hook left hook left hook for 15rds just don't cut it anymore in hw boxing....
That's a blatant oversimplification of Smokin' Joe's style. Yes, he had a great left hook(to the head and body) which he could land at will and his success hinged on his ability to do so. He also cut off the ring better than almost any other HW in history and was possibly the best conditioned HW ever. Throw in a solid jab(when he chose to use it), underrated defense, demoralizing uppercuts on the inside and the heart of a lion and you've got a textbook swarmer of the highest order. Watch some film before you post **** like this.
He also had fantastic head movement and could launch a heater of a right hand when he wanted to get your attention. Frazier's achilles heel was that he couldn't go backwards AT ALL, if he couldn't move forward on you he was in serious trouble. That's the main reason I think Tyson would rip him apart, he was similar to Frazier in many ways but much stronger and quicker and harder hitting to boot.
