Jersey Joe Walcott vs Joe Frazier, primes

[yancey]

Could Arnold Cream, on his best night, find a way to take Smoke?

[Goodnight, Irene]

I think he could. A 12-rounder would give him a good shot. Thing is, Frazier was faster than Marciano, & for mine, a little better-suited to tackling the boxer types. Then again, Walcott himself was faster & stronger when he was fighting Louis. He was already over-the-hill for the Marciano fights.

I think I would have to favour Frazier. One thing Ali had which Walcott does not is amazing durability, & that could be a problem here. Walcott was trickier to hit & slipperier overall than 1971 Ali, though. He had more unconventional tricks which I do feel would find some success against Frazier. I'd like to see it.

My feeling is Frazier turns his lights out at some point, probably mid-to-late. Walcott may edge a decision, though.

[Giancarlo]

Walcott W15 Frazier

[yancey]

Walcott W15 Frazier

[yancey]

I think he could. A 12-rounder would give him a good shot. Thing is, Frazier was faster than Marciano, & for mine, a little better-suited to tackling the boxer types. Then again, Walcott himself was faster & stronger when he was fighting Louis. He was already over-the-hill for the Marciano fights.

I think I would have to favour Frazier. One thing Ali had which Walcott does not is amazing durability, & that could be a problem here. Walcott was trickier to hit & slipperier overall than 1971 Ali, though. He had more unconventional tricks which I do feel would find some success against Frazier. I'd like to see it.

My feeling is Frazier turns his lights out at some point, probably mid-to-late. Walcott may edge a decision, though.

Go with your gut feeling, GI.

JJW would throw every trick in the bag at Frazier and it would be interesting, but in the end the relentless pressure prevails.

I see it going 9. Walcott might want out of there at some point.

p.s. Your point about Frazier being faster and better-suited to tackling the boxer types compared to the Rock is spot on.

[dempseyfire]

I'm a big Walcott fan and think he's under-rated by many who glance at his record, see the losses, and then jump to conclusions, but I think Frazier has the perfect style to break the slickster down.

[raylawpc]

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[NazNaci1]

I'm a big Walcott fan and think he's under-rated by many who glance at his record, see the losses, and then jump to conclusions, but I think Frazier has the perfect style to break the slickster down.

I, personally, also am a big fan of Walcott but I think Frazier gets to him.

Joe had extremely underrated ring smarts and amazing ring generalship. He could outpoint Frazier, for sure.

I have to fancy Frazier to slow Walcott down and stop him late on, though behind on points.

[Goodnight, Irene]

Boy, you know, even allowing for Frazier's definite style edge, if Walcott were just a little more durable...you never would know. He had so many great moves. He seemed to never run out, watching some of his fights.

[Crease]

First off, there are two different questions being asked here:

Question One: (From the topic title)

Jersey Joe Walcott vs Joe Frazier, primes

Prime-for-prime, I would have to say Frazier. I always tend to thinkof the "10 fights rule", and I would have to say if they were to fight that amount of times, I would favour Joe Frazier to win a great percentage, maybe 6/7 out of 10.

Oh, and I'm going with Frazier by late stoppage.

Question Two:

Could Arnold Cream, on his best night, find a way to take Smoke?

Could Walcott have beaten Frazier? Certainly he could have... I believe that he had the tools to do it.
Walcott could keep his distance and use his jab with his slick boxing skills to nothc the points up. And if he could see out the late rounds, he would win on unanimous decision.

In this fight, the main emhasis is on Joe Frazier to hunt Walcott down to hurt him and go for the knockout.

[NazNaci1]

Boy, you know, even allowing for Frazier's definite style edge, if Walcott were just a little more durable...you never would know. He had so many great moves. He seemed to never run out, watching some of his fights.

Hehe agree, his standing square on, and jinking / turning ever so slightly, left or right to make them miss, took guts and a lot of confidence.

Like I said, great skills.

[Woller]

As I see it, Frazier was way to hard and strong for Walcott. It could be something like the Frazier - Doug Jones fight.
Just too many hard left hooks from Frazier

Woller

[elmersalsa]

Could Arnold Cream, on his best night, find a way to take Smoke?

No...too much grit and determination...Too big... The left hook would be fatal.