Joe Frazier vs. Rid**** Bowe

[paulsinghnl]

i haven't seen this fight in the forum, and since i'm more fresh than the boxing historians in here, i would love to know your guys opinion + arguments on it.

i think it would be a close fight, and i have no idea, because i'm a big fan of both fighters. on one hand, i think Bowe won't be able to handle Frazier's power and pressure, but then Bowe had good foot movement, beastly uppercuts, good chin, could fight great on the inside and box him.

[Obama]

Bowe by late TKO. Frazier too small and Bowe too durable. Even if he doesn't get the TKO he'd be way ahead on the cards. Prime Bowe can do all the things a 70s Ali can, just with reduced speed and output but also with more power and more inches for Frazier to have to reach upward in order to connect.

Frazier wouldn't do too well with Bowe's power. Wouldn't devastate him like Foreman's, but he'd be hit a hell of a lot more than Foreman hit him.

[NChristo]

Wouldn't be a close fight for one reason, Bowe's Uppercut.

Bowe probably has the best uppercut at heavy I've seen and a good uppercut is kryptonite for Frazier's bobbing style, it would be exciting and Bowe would have his hands full while it lasted, which most probably would be long.

Frazier would be knocked down at least few times but would keep getting up and piling on the pressure until he bobbed into one too many of those uppercuts and the ref stopped it.

[paulsinghnl]

Wouldn't be a close fight for one reason, Bowe's Uppercut.

Bowe probably has the best uppercut at heavy I've seen and a good uppercut is kryptonite for Frazier's bobbing style, it would be exciting and Bowe would have his hands full while it lasted, which most probably would be long.

Frazier would be knocked down at least few times but would keep getting up and piling on the pressure until he bobbed into one too many of those uppercuts and the ref stopped it.

yup, i agree, i don't know how good Frazier was with bobbing against uppercuts, cuz that's possible too.

[DarkTerror88]

Fraziers a good man and you cant keep a good man down. He keeps going til the ref stops it.He'd give Bowe Hell through and through though. Bowe TKO11.

[Scott9945]

Frazier was a better heavyweight than Bowe and will always be rated higher, but this is a bad matchup for Joe. It would be a war (assuming Bowe is in top shape) with eventually Bowe battering Frazier and closing his eyes like in Ali III.

[Sugarj]

Frazier was a better heavyweight than Bowe and will always be rated higher, but this is a bad matchup for Joe. It would be a war (assuming Bowe is in top shape) with eventually Bowe battering Frazier and closing his eyes like in Ali III.

Agreed in full.

[r.burgundy]

1 of the worst possible matchups for joe.this will look like frazier vs foreman III

[StarshipTrooper]

1 of the worst possible matchups for joe.this will look like frazier vs foreman III

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Poet

[NChristo]

You're next troll

Poet

? but he's right, it is one of the worst possible match ups for Frazier and with Bowe's uppercut it might look something to what the Foreman fight was. Frazier moving into Bowe's monster shots and continually getting put down untill the ref puts a stop to it.