Damn George Foreman beat the **** out of Joe Frazier

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  • SouthpawRight
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    #11
    Originally posted by IceTrayDaGang
    Originally posted by HisExcellency

    Or maybe he has NO match (in the current era)? I get your point but in my opinion, Usyk doing laps around the top Heavyweights of his generation and probably retiring undefeated is a big deal.

    Agree with the rest but I think Usyk being a southpaw would probably give him the edge.
    Foreman yes, Frazier no.
    southpaw unusual angles are no more on the inside where Joe worked!

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    • Nash out
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      #12
      Chisora is the NextGen Frazier, so better than Frazier and better than Foreman, who is OldGen. An UltraGen version of Chisora would be a true force and unbeatable. Nash out - His Majesty

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        #13
        Originally posted by HisExcellency
        I was watching this boxing legends motivation video (great video btw) and was surprised at how EASILY Foreman manhandled Frazier who was champion at the time and had just handed Muhammad Ali his FIRST loss a couple of fights ago (2:20min).

        I loosely knew the story but was still shocked at how Foreman dropped him at will and beat him all around the ring like he stole something.

        Of course, Ali would then beat up Foreman and catch him with a perfectly timed straight right hand on the chin to knock him out.

        It must've been a MAGICAL time and as the old saying goes 'styles make fights'.
        You should watch both fights. Big George destroyed Smokin' Joe in '73 & '76.

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          #14
          Foreman should have beaten Ali too but the mind games and crowd support for Ali did him in. Foreman was so traumatized by it that he didn't even want a rematch with Ali.

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            #15
            Originally posted by SUBZER0ED

            You should watch both fights. Big George destroyed Smokin' Joe in '73 & '76.
            Credit to Joe for even requesting that rematch. Norton knew better.

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              #16
              Originally posted by Bennyleonard99

              Credit to Joe for even requesting that rematch. Norton knew better.
              It definitely took guts. Foreman was a monster.

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                #17
                Originally posted by SUBZER0ED

                It definitely took guts. Foreman was a monster.
                Words can't describe the total respect for Joe Frazier and those Foreman fights in some ways are the most admirable inspiring of his career. He got the F*** up every time.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by SUBZER0ED

                  You should watch both fights. Big George destroyed Smokin' Joe in '73 & '76.
                  I already did...it was like watching a domestic level fighter against a world champion. What made it even more shocking was the fact that Frazier was world champion and had just beaten Ali!

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                  • Joseph
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                    #19
                    Foreman was an absolute terror.

                    One of my favorite fights to go back to was his complete destruction of Ron Lyle, a fighter some may argue hit as hard as Foreman himself, if not harder.
                    Last edited by Joseph; 10-03-2025, 12:13 PM.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by Bennyleonard99
                      Foreman should have beaten Ali too but the mind games and crowd support for Ali did him in. Foreman was so traumatized by it that he didn't even want a rematch with Ali.
                      - - The reason being Doc Ferdie to did the post fight medical checkup say Foreman ruined Ali insides, so he and Herbert won't let Ali fight Big George.

                      He and Cosell went to Foreman's 5 man exhibition where they make monkeys out themselves wif Ali screaming he ain't never getting the rematch.

                      Ali's next fight where he admits he turned down an Indonesian Oil Man's $10mil purse split for the rematch to have Chuckles Wepner to beat him up in Podunk, Ohio for peanuts

                      Was U screaming in U diapers then and still screaming about it now

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