Frazier Vs Foreman: What do you think of this Assessment?

[BoxBuzz]

Do you like or dislike the way in which this assessment is presented?

Do you agree or disagree with the descriptions and conclusions?

Purely curious on my part, and would appreciate a feedback oriented discussion.

All opinions welcome.

[Ambling Alp II]

I thought this was very interesting. Liked how things were broken down. Thanks for posting this!

We all tend to just think of Foreman as just a big slugger. Of course he had a lot of power. However, you could tell he was thinking in there.
His jab and his defense was pretty good.

Easy to Monday morning quarterback, but there were key mistakes that Frazier made:
1. He should have thrown more body punches. there were a few times where he was in close and didn't do it.
2. When he was hurt, he should have tried to buy time by moving around and then clinching.

Not sure if it would have made a lot of difference, but he should have tried those things.

[DrDuke]

Not only Frazier, but anyone should have used more lateral movement and jabs against Foreman-like opponents. Foreman neutralized Frazier's attacks at their start or before it, but those were trademark Frazier's attacks presented by coming in with bobbing-and-weaving and/or power punching. Against Foreman he should have jabbed, double-jabbed and selectively developed attacks after those jabs. He should have been more ready to Foreman's jab and also be ready to counter it with his own one(s). Strategically he shouldn't have started a fight aggressively. And, yeah, especially after the first knockdown. Since then tactics should have been utterly defensive with more movement, clinching, etc.

[cfang]

This is great. Many people just assume foreman was too big and strong here but as always styles and tactics play a huge part.

Do you like or dislike the way in which this assessment is presented?

Do you agree or disagree with the descriptions and conclusions?

Purely curious on my part, and would appreciate a feedback oriented discussion.

All opinions welcome.

[Ambling Alp II]

Watching this fight closely also shows one area in that Foreman (at least in this fight) was superior to Frazier in: accuracy. Frazier tried some serious shots but just kept missing; sometime he was close and sometimes not.
Foreman landed some bombs and was often close when he did miss.

For whatever reason, punching accuracy almost never gets talked about.