Re: Huh? Joe Frazier unworthy of Hall of Fame?
Posted: 20 Oct 2011, 10:25
I don't see how they get past the fact that the fight(s) were so lopsided that it's virtually impossible to envision a different outcome if Frazier was 29 instead of 27 and never fought Ali unless they are saying Ali ruined Frazier as a fighter in the FOTC. I would never make that argument because it denigrates both Frazier and Foreman.Goodnight, Irene wrote:You forgot to add, wheelchair-bound, no?yancey wrote:Well, the Foreman camp must have been terrified of Frazier getting inside and staying tight to Foreman, hence the pushing off strategy in Jamaica.
I don't know if it was Moore or Sadler who came up with the pushing off tactics but they got away with it.
Trust me, if the prime (not the pillsbury doughboy, over-confident, under-prepared, partying Jamaica version) eye of the tiger, buzz saw Frazier gets in tight early on Foreman and gets in a good liver shot, things quite possibly have turned out much differently. Foreman confessed he was scared of Joe and Big George may well have dogged it under intense, inside body punching.
I said "quite possibly", I would never have put much money on this one.
But I would have grabbed me some of that 25-1 somebody offered.
I love how you sprinkle these Foreman quotes paying homage to Frazier as though they mean anything, but not a peep about anything Frazier ever said to contradict your ever more warped fantasy Frazier could EVER hang with Foreman.
"Listen, the only thing I did wrong was sign that contract, OK?" - Joe Frazier.
