How would Frazier fare in today's climate?

[realtim]

Ppl cant question joes heart stamina punching power left hook his tenacity, joe was an all round great fighter.
He's an all time great a HOF. He beat Ali in his prime nobody could have beat Fraizer that nite.
That's when he was at his best.
I have more respect for joe than these HWS today.

[Xecutioner]

i still dont know how joe had the stamina for 15 rounds to fight the way that he did, constantly bobbing and weaving, winging out almost nothing but power shots. you see the heavyweights today they look winded atter 6 rounds of doing nothing. joe crushes all of them

[Mikie]

His left hook would have made him ****** rich today.

[Mr. Violence]

he would actually do pretty good in my humble opinion

[Imira]

Looking at the state of the HW division today, there's no question that Joe would, no doubt, dominate the HW division. I noticed that Kid Achillies made a good point about Joe's defense. Most people don't give Joe enough credit for his head movement on his way inside.

[leff]

He would whop the entire divison, except VK i think VK has a slight chance at ud him if he keeps him away with his jabb.

[SonnyG8R]

He would obviously do well in the current HW division, since he did pretty well during the golden era of heavyweights.

[czars_salad]

frazier would do good today, probably would win a belt


and all other heavyweights of his time -- ali, foreman, spinks, holmes, will compete and definitely will win a belt or two in this division

[wmute]

he would do what he did at the time until 1973, dominate the division,

remember he lost only to ali and foreman. On very close fights with ali, and foreman was just impossible for him to beat, given his style (d'amato used to show tyson footage of that fight to show him the wrong style to use with foreman)

can I imagine him fighting VK?...

yes I can

handspeed, no cuts, impossible workrate, constant pressure (the only guy who ever rocked him was foreman), monster left hook.

the question is "what would klitscko do?"

keep him off jabbing?
are his hands fast enough to hit joe moving head? ali's hands were not fast enough to hit him regularly

knock him out? does vitali have foreman power? cos that what it takes to stop frazier

klitscko chin would definitely hold up, I think he has a GREAT chin, so the fight wold go the distance (or be stopped on cuts)

I would bet my money on frazier vs any of today's heavies

[Kid Achilles]

wmute,

I agree with everything you said about Frazier except the part about only Foreman rocking him. Several guys rocked Frazier. Bonavena had him down several times. Ali had him hurt. Even journeyman Ron Stander buckled his knees in their fight. Frazier had a solid chin but it was not as good as Ali, Holmes, Marciano, etc's.