Overall Frazier survived all the punches much better over the years vs. Ali obviously. I think that Larry Holmes pummeling fight taken to Ali was really damaging in the long haul.
Overall Frazier survived all the punches much better over the years vs. Ali obviously. I think that Larry Holmes pummeling fight taken to Ali was really damaging in the long haul.It may only have looked that way; I've read enough about Frazier to wonder whether the damage wasn't more internal than apparent. There's no question but that Muhammad Ali paid a grave price trying for a fourth title against Holmes, but I'm convinced the real damage to Ali began in Manila.