The big guy's on my counter right now.
An amazing fight. But personally, I miss the old 80s Tyson fights!
thank you for posting
SIX knockdowns!
What a fight. A few observations.
Round 1 Frazier had some good connections. Great hand speed. He was in it....for half the round.
Foreman’s physical dominance is just overwhelming. Amazing physique. Length of arms, his wide stance. This dude is like a Greek statue. His comeback years are so etched in our memories and while he was obviously amazing then, also....he wasn’t the physical specimen that he was at this time.
By the second round, Foreman’s domination was unstoppable. Poor Frazier took some punishing shots.
Thanks again for posting. Loved it!
The big guy's on my counter right now.
I admire both men.
Frazier was “Smokin Joe” and his greatest fight was his Miami victory over Cassius Clay in 15 fierce rounds.
Foreman made buckets of money with his Lean Mean Grillin Machine. As a very young man he proudly waved the flag during his Olympic victory while some other athletes were giving the Black Power salute during the medal ceremonies. My favorite Foreman fight was when he rose from the canvass to beat a tough Ron Lyle in a non-title match. That fight was a bloody five rounds and at one point it looked like a Lyle victory as Foreman barely made it to his feet.
Why was this era the “Golden Age of Boxing”? A seven minute fights not much of a fight. Sure, Foreman punched hard, so did Mike Tyson.
Why was boxing almost absent from sports coverage throughout the decade of the 00’s when Wladimir and Vassily Klitsco dominated it. Is boxing only “golden” when Americans dominate it?
The same could be asked bout the 1990s, and Lenox Lewis’s domination of the sport in that decade.
Lewis was a three-time heavyweight champion, same as Ali. Lewis was a Olympic Gold Medalist, same as Ali. His combined three reigns tally 3086 days, one of the longest in boxing history. Lewis successfully defended his heavyweight title 14 times. Wladimir Klitsco successfully defended 23 times.
Frasier won 10 defenses. Foreman 5.
I’m starting to think as Boomers fade from the scene there is going to be a lot of shuffling on the “best heavyweights” list. Who knows, Ali might even end up under Joe Louis.
I know I’m in the minority on this. Maybe it’s like music: the era of three-channel TV meant there could be bigger stars than the era of 10 million YouTube channels. What music event will ever equal the Beatles in Shea Stadium for novelty and massive press coverage?
But Boxing has a longer history, in both directions, than Classic Rock. So, it’s not exactly the same.
Maybe it’s all down to “fighters who had fights called by Howard Cosell”?
Should have been stopped after the 3d knockdown.
Two other things that happened on January 22, 1973:
Lyndon Johnson died
Roe v. Wade was decided
Did this fight in Jamaica have a name?
Like “Thrilla in Manila” or “Bungle in the Jungle”?
Foreman kept pushing Frazier away to keep Frazier from working his devastating inside game. Foreman blasted away from Fraziers range. Fight could have easily been stopped after the first knockdown in the second found.
The good thing is Joe Frazier was able to vote in 2020. There is no evidence of fraudulent voting.....