Is Joe Frazier vs Evander Holyfield The Ultimate Heavyweight Fantasy Matchup?

[Ezzard]

I guess Holy was better with his weaker hand than Joe.

[Seamus]

Evander dropped Mercer, Bowe, Tyson with one shot.

[Ezzard]

Evander dropped Mercer, Bowe, Tyson with one shot.

Fair point.

[keithmoonhangover]

Evander dropped Mercer, Bowe, Tyson with one shot.

Frazier dropped Muhammad Ali with one shot. I win.

[Seamus]

So did Henry Cooper, Chuck Wepner, and Sonny Banks, so you lose.

[keithmoonhangover]

So did Henry Cooper, Chuck Wepner, and Sonny Banks, so you lose.

[Ezzard]

Evander dropped Mercer, Bowe, Tyson with one shot.

Frazier dropped Muhammad Ali with one shot. I win.

Took a lot of wearing down first. Wasn't like the Cooper left hook.

Frazier should have finished Ali. Always thought he missed a chance there.

[keithmoonhangover]

Evander dropped Mercer, Bowe, Tyson with one shot.

Frazier dropped Muhammad Ali with one shot. I win.

Took a lot of wearing down first. Wasn't like the Cooper left hook.

Frazier should have finished Ali. Always thought he missed a chance there.

Easier said than done. It's just my opinion, but I thought Clay carried Cooper and didn't turn it on until the round he predicted he was going to win in.

[Ezzard]

Frazier dropped Muhammad Ali with one shot. I win.

Took a lot of wearing down first. Wasn't like the Cooper left hook.

Frazier should have finished Ali. Always thought he missed a chance there.

Easier said than done. It's just my opinion, but I thought Clay carried Cooper and didn't turn it on until the round he predicted he was going to win in.

He was ready to go. Frazier played it safe.

Maybe. But Cooper made a big name for himself with that shot. Ali seemed to find smaller guys trickier than the big guys.

[keithmoonhangover]

Took a lot of wearing down first. Wasn't like the Cooper left hook.

Frazier should have finished Ali. Always thought he missed a chance there.

Easier said than done. It's just my opinion, but I thought Clay carried Cooper and didn't turn it on until the round he predicted he was going to win in.

He was ready to go. Frazier played it safe.

Maybe. But Cooper made a big name for himself with that shot. Ali seemed to find smaller guys trickier than the big guys.

I'm annoyed with you now Ezzard. That comment means I'm going to have to rewatch the FOTC again for the gagillionth time and I haven't got the damn time to watch it. Damn you!

[SteveO]

It's amazing that Ali got up from that shot actually, especially considering it happened in the 15th of the hard fought rounds.

[DrDuke]

Frazier had more power, but it didn't mean, that Holyfield couldn't drop him. It's fair to imagine Holy catching Joe with a good counter punch.

[Ambling Alp II]

Evander dropped Mercer, Bowe, Tyson with one shot.

Frazier dropped Muhammad Ali with one shot. I win.

Took a lot of wearing down first. Wasn't like the Cooper left hook.

Frazier should have finished Ali. Always thought he missed a chance there.

Not at all. Ali got up at 3, and there was no "missed chance" at all".
Ali wasn't 'ready to go at all." That is total nonsense.
In fact, Ali won most of the rest of the round.