Would Joe Frazier be a light heavyweight slayer?

Frazier could still beat most Heavyweights today you’d have to favour him over Wilder who can’t fight on the back foot, Joyce, Dubois, Parker, Whyte - Frazier beats them all

Fury would be the big favourite given his size, AJ I see as a 50/50 and Usyk would have been one hell of a fight he doesn’t like shots to the body and that was Smokin Joe’s speciality

So all Light Heavyweights would be eaten alive

 

There is no such thing as impossible, but broadly speaking yes.

There is probably more chance of one of them beating Foreman.

 

I think Michael Spinks had a chance. He was heavyweight champion too and he was a mover with good power.

 

I liked Spinks as a fighter but he ain’t beating prime Frazier without a tire iron if not a .45 automatic.

 

Even though Frazier was a small HW he wouldn't be able to make weight for LHW.
Let's say that for the "ideal Frazier" I take the one from FOTC; that's still 30 pounds above LHW.
So I can't compare it to: Bob Foster, Archie Moore, Beterbiev, Anthony Yarde, Michael Moorer, Michael Spinks... or anyone else who has made it to 175 pounds. It's not fair

 

Frazier would have beaten all but a dozen or so heavyweights. There's not a light-heavy who would have lived with him.

 

You are right, Frazier was a bit like Mike Tyson anyways and had those bombs.

 

Actually you may have a point there.

 

Too much is made out of his amateur stint at heavyweight in general. It's a piece of trivia people like to latch on to, but not one that I think holds up under scrutiny. He isn't unusually large for a modern light heavyweight, and is dwarfed by Smith Jr., Yarde, and Zurdo. He is still making weight at forty. Even in the era, that should count for something.

 

Nope. There is no chance a LHW moving up will survive against him. Once he corners them just by walking right through whatever they throw at him, what will they do? They’re not strong enough to hurt him, push him back or outmuscle him. Frazier wins easily.

This is like a blown up wolf vs a tiger. Sure the wolf has a pretty strong bite of its own and the weight gain helps some, but in the end the much stronger and larger tiger will simply walk the wolf down no matter what it does, then 1HKO it with a single paw swipe.

 

I see no light heavy having a shot and very very very few men 200 or under , ever ...