Foreman was very quick here, from both sides. You can see him taking a few straight or short lefts from Frazier, like he's OK with not guarding against those completely. I can't see exactly how Foreman is reading Frazier's guard, but Frazier is ducking into a few here so you know Foreman is picking up something.
George admitted Joe was the only man who scared him, like he actually he did not want to fight him and did the only "tricks" he had and it worked, even though joe kept getting up and kept "smoking " Respect to both these greats and Rest in peace to the Legendary Smokin Joe Fraizer!
Joe had the heart of a lion but he lost his temper instead of clinching and holding, didnt have his timing back and big George bombed ol Smoke out. Man, 1973 was a tough year for me, my sports heroes got beat like cheap chinese gongs, Joe my favorite fighter of all time lost his champ belt in this one, then the Dolphins manhandled my Vikings later in the Super Bowl, and my Lakers lost to the Knicks!!! RIP SMokin Joe!!!
Hearing Angelo Dundee scream “STOP IT” at the top of his lungs at 6:32 and up is gut wrenching. We see these guys now and appreciate the legends that they are now 50+ years later. But think if you were in the heat of this era, nobody is a legend yet, just a bunch of strong, great, tenacious, and powerful young men. Nobody wants to see the death of a human being in a boxing ring, no matter if it was Frazier, or any regular journeyman.
same way a former light heavyweight champion was bellowing at the top of his voice for the ref to stop the carnage being inflicted by Roberto Duran on Davey Moore. It was terrible.
@@eno-dieumercassociates2933 Oh I thought Duran grinding his laces into Moore's eyes and face after initially thumbing him was acceptable practice?? I did think it was a bit odd that the only person in the crowd that the referee listened to was the Doctor that had to climb up onto the ring canvas to wave the fight off to the referee!
Gotta give Joe a lot of credit.He kept getting up every time he got knocked down.The man had huge balls! In fact the only reason the fight was stopped was because of the ref.Otherwise he would've literally died in the ring! Mad respect!
@@alimohammedabd He came out strong in the second round. He was the champion so Authur Mercante had to at least give him an opportunity to come back. It's a courtesy the ref will give the champion. After the 2nd knockdown in the second round from the double lefts that's when it was time to end it. That's when Angelo Dundee started yelling "Stop It". Frazier shouldn't have had to suffer knockdown number six but I understand why the ref didn't stop it after that first round.
Frazier's punch was about as powerful as Foreman's but Foreman had a big reach advantage. Frazier was 5 ft. 11 which is relatively short for a heavyweight boxer. Foreman was 6 ft. 4 which made it difficult for Frazier to get inside to connect.
@@Aaronthegreatestno, Foreman openly called out Tyson. Tyson ducked Foreman. Foreman’s style means he would absolutely whoop ass with Tyson no matter how old he was. Would of been another Foreman vs Frazier.
Mercante was a great referee.He had to at least give Joe an opportunity to come back. It's a courtesy the ref will give the champion. After the 2nd knockdown in the second round from the double lefts that's when it was time to end it. That's when Angelo Dundee started yelling "Stop It". Frazier shouldn't have had to suffer knockdown number six .
I'm no ref, but that went on wayyyy too long. Fight should have ended after round 1. Joe was out cold, then got hit so hard at 6:44 that his brain took a second to realize that the body needed to jump when it gets hit that hard.
Foreman reveals ali did offer him for title shot But he took more than a year break from boxing, no way he can come back without rust He can easily fight ali if he become top contender again. Thats the pount of boxing comission. But he retired after jimmy young beat him using similar tactic as ali. If jimmy young can do it, ali will beat him with more refine strategy had foreman not retired.
As if all Ali had was the rope a dope. He would’ve pulled a million moves out of his head to defeat anyone if he had to, much less beating a guy he already beat.
People let foreman off the hook with that rope a dope stuff. Ali didn’t lay on the ropes until like the 4th maybe 5th round. The first 3 rounds he stood in front of foreman and outboxed him. I don’t think foreman wouldn’t have beat Ali until 1977 and on. Anytime before that Ali wins.
No he wouldn’t have beaten Ali. Foreman was thoroughly whipped by Jimmy Young right after beating Frazier for the second time. That loss led Foreman to his first retirement.
Especially after seeing how Joes fighting style was only feeding into Foremans punching power. He was nothing but a weaving punchingbag taking serious damage.
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Foreman didn't have a rematch with Ali, I wonder why?? Yet afterwards he fought two who had defeated Ali; Frazier & Norton, & beat them both so easily!
@@mickmcsherry5916 No, he wasn't a know nothing, he was a highly educated Attorney. In 1986 he was asked his thoughts of Mike Tyson. With a big smile, he said "I have no thoughts at all!" "None?" Said the interviewer. Cosell said "None at all! He's a thug!" In '81 he predicted Dwight Braxton "Being all over Matthew Saad Muhammad!" And that happened also. He just had a flask of Vodka in his Lapel pocket at all times, to go with a Toupee that needed a chin strap!
If Foreman didnt prove he was the real deal here he for sure proved it in his comeback. A rare talent for sure. That punching power isn't learned you're born with it.
Joe was a lot like Mike Tyson . Great when going forward but didn’t like Being put on his back foot and bullied back . I met Joe near the end of his life and he was in a wheelchair , all he talked about was how his corner stole the Ali fight from him and he’d watch that fight over and over again like he was expecting a different result . Sad to see what the end is like for some of these great men
That's a real shame. At least he beat Ali the first time around -- not many men can say they did that. Ali is a legend, but he acted disgracefully towards Frazier after Frazier supported him financially and spoke up in his favour regarding draft-dodging etc.
that top rope.,.suspiciously loose...not saying Foreman didn't fight a stupid fight, but by Ali leaning back, Foreman's punches lost half their impact by the time they landed....Foreman's corner should've told him to aim for Ali's shoulders.....not obvious, but two or three of Foreman's haymakers on Ali's shoulders would've slowed down his jab and right hand leads
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This is an indicator of how much Joe lacked technique and boxing intelligence. Foreman is an ordinary puncher. Apart from brute force, there was nothing special about him, as Ali proved.
Obviously you have never stepped in a ring. Foreman is the one of the hardest punchers of all time if not the hardest. Holyfield said the hardest he ever got hit was an old George foreman not mike Tyson. George also had a high ring IQ and learned from one of the smartest fighters of all time Archie Moore. Also was the sparring partner of the most scarry fighter and an all time great champion sonny Liston.
So Funny Cosell saying "No fear in George foreman" during the stare down. Years later in interview George would be saying that he wanted to be world champion but hoped that Frazier would die first so that he didn't have to fight him and that he wanted to lose stare down because if Joe looked down first he would see Georges knees shaking. If you don't believe me then look for the documentary "Champions forever" that came out back in the late 80's when George was making his comeback. But really you had to be alive at the time to realize the shock-wave that this Foreman win sent around the boxing world. A heavyweight as devastating as Marciano being dispatched with ease in two rounds was something never encountered even back in the days of Sony Liston who although walking through the top ten like no other like him before or since, never beat up an all time elite champion and all time great the stature of a Joe Frazier who at the time was not only undefeated but the only fighter to have beaten Ali. Ali's chances of beating Foreman according to the experts and bookies of the time after this display were identical to his chances vs Liston him being an 8 to 1 underdog. At least here in the UK.
As it looks George Foreman punches are the strongest. It is not a good strategy to bear those punches unlike Rumble in the Jungle when Ali won. Because Ali made Foreman tired.
The WBC normally had the three knockdown rule for their fights but it was waived for this fight. With it, the ref would have stopped the fight in the first round after the third knockdown.
This young George , is the one fighter ! that would have taken Tyson the same way . Mike would have charged him , and just got pushed back off balance by George like he did to Frazier And would have been crouched down low .. looking to come up with his short reach . He would have been in perfect range for George's uppercut .
Yeah I was in 7th grade, and my Mom sadly told me the next morning that Joe got knocked down 6 times in the first two rounds before the fight was stopped. Then when I was folding my L.A. Herald -Examiner newspapers for my paper route; I saw all the pictures. We were devastated.
Joe just couldn't get inside against the bigger and stronger Foreman. Any time he tried, George would just push him away. The last thing anyone wanted to do against Foreman was stand in front of him at long range.
You’re right about the pushing by Foreman - the ref didn’t say boo until the start of the second round when he appeared to warn Foreman for shoving, but by then it was already too late for Joe. And of course that annoying windbag Howard Cosell didn’t know what he was looking at, so he didn’t say a word, either. However, in the final analysis, Foreman was going to finish Joe anyway, it was just a matter of time (IMHO).
George would have done the Same thing to Tyson. Tyson takes 10 counts though. He wouldn't get back up.
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George Foreman... He was super talented fighter. More talented than Roy Jones, Duran. He entered a boxing gym at 17 and 2 years later, He became a gold medalist.
You debunked your own nonsense. That he won a gold medal with 2 years of boxing under his belt tells you his gift was physical. Both Jones and Duran are ranked higher all time, both P4p and in their respective decisions (check boxrec, where sportswriters don't get to chickenhead the rankings). George was the most feared heavyweight during the golden era of heavyweights, that's something. But it never had much to do with talent, as Ali proved in 8 masterful, one-sided rounds.
@@user-of9qq6op5udepends on how you define talent. Natural ability can be argued to be a kind of talent. One of the definitions is, "the natural endowments of a person". Yeah it feels a bit unfair that genetics & environment can trump someone who works harder, but that's life.
To see a boxer the calibre of Joe Frazier getting bashed around like a helpless boy is a measure of how powerful and devastating George Foreman was.
Watching Joe Frazier get bashed around by anybody is an abject pleasure
@@benelias3556 ??
It’s freakish
Made SMOKIN JOE do the jig
Foreman was very quick here, from both sides. You can see him taking a few straight or short lefts from Frazier, like he's OK with not guarding against those completely.
I can't see exactly how Foreman is reading Frazier's guard, but Frazier is ducking into a few here so you know Foreman is picking up something.
What’s as amazing as Foreman’s ability to knock Joe down that many times is Joe’s determination to get back up.
This comment 💯. I was jaw dropped watching Frazier get up each time.
George admitted Joe was the only man who scared him, like he actually he did not want to fight him and did the only "tricks" he had and it worked, even though joe kept getting up and kept "smoking "
Respect to both these greats and Rest in peace to the Legendary Smokin Joe Fraizer!
where'd you hear that from? sounds VERY familiar
Joe had the heart of a lion but he lost his temper instead of clinching and holding, didnt have his timing back and big George bombed ol Smoke out. Man, 1973 was a tough year for me, my sports heroes got beat like cheap chinese gongs, Joe my favorite fighter of all time lost his champ belt in this one, then the Dolphins manhandled my Vikings later in the Super Bowl, and my Lakers lost to the Knicks!!! RIP SMokin Joe!!!
Hearing Angelo Dundee scream “STOP IT” at the top of his lungs at 6:32 and up is gut wrenching. We see these guys now and appreciate the legends that they are now 50+ years later. But think if you were in the heat of this era, nobody is a legend yet, just a bunch of strong, great, tenacious, and powerful young men. Nobody wants to see the death of a human being in a boxing ring, no matter if it was Frazier, or any regular journeyman.
We don’t see any of them now. They’re all dead except for Big George.
@@jameskinchen2148With Holmes and Chuvalo.
same way a former light heavyweight champion was bellowing at the top of his voice for the ref to stop the carnage being inflicted by Roberto Duran on Davey Moore. It was terrible.
@@eno-dieumercassociates2933 Oh I thought Duran grinding his laces into Moore's eyes and face after initially thumbing him was acceptable practice?? I did think it was a bit odd that the only person in the crowd that the referee listened to was the Doctor that had to climb up onto the ring canvas to wave the fight off to the referee!
if angelo dundee had to scream up that much voice just to stop george,you know how much whipping frazier took,terrible....
Can't believe Frazier's corner allowed him to come out for the second round. Dude had no idea where he was
that's what I thought
Cosell: „Down goes Frazier…..down goes Frazier……down goes Frazier!“
You're about 51 years too late!
Yea, but I still remember his voice
George Foreman is a legendary boxer!
Whoa. This is a really high quality video of this fight!
Gotta give Joe a lot of credit.He kept getting up every time he got knocked down.The man had huge balls! In fact the only reason the fight was stopped was because of the ref.Otherwise he would've literally died in the ring! Mad respect!
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯faxxxx bro ppl don’t understand wha these fighters go thru inside and outside the ring
Foreman, the classy guy he is, goes over and spends time making sure Fraser is ok.
You mean making sure Joe was gonna LIVE!
He was not the happy Foreman of today. In 1970s peak he was known for being a moody thug.
He literally knocked Frazier off his feet!
Это невероятно! 😂
Should have been stopped after the second knockdown. Joe could have been killed.
This fight was probably the tipping point for the {mandatory} three knockdown rule.
It should have been stopped after knockdown number five in the second round
@@rudimwongozi2169 he was on Queer Street after that second knockdown. Couldn’t defend himself.
@@alimohammedabd He came out strong in the second round. He was the champion so Authur Mercante had to at least give him an opportunity to come back. It's a courtesy the ref will give the champion. After the 2nd knockdown in the second round from the double lefts that's when it was time to end it. That's when Angelo Dundee started yelling "Stop It". Frazier shouldn't have had to suffer knockdown number six but I understand why the ref didn't stop it after that first round.
He was never the same after this
Frazier was a hard man, tough as nails, with dynamite power in his fists...it's unreal how easily Foreman handled him.
For me Frazier looked a bit out of shape in this fight.
Is that dundee yelling STOP IIITTTT! STOP ITTTT!!! ..
As if someone was getting chainsawed in the ring... The yelling gives me chills
Dundee, yes
Why did he not throw in the towel. Why did he let Ali fight when he was clearly suffering Parkinson’s or CTE.? Greed 🤔
@@owencampbell8799Dundee wasn’t Frazier’s trainer or in his corner he was just ring side.
@@owencampbell8799throw in the towel? That would have been a question for Eddie Futch.
Yes I know but think it’s valid saying he let Ali fight when he knew he shouldn’t.
"Joe Frazier liked to get hit. He got mad at you if you DIDN'T hit him!" - George Foreman
If that's the case this was Joe Frazier's favorite fight 🤔
He got all the ass whopping he wanted here, so he can't be mad.
@@sandpeat Lol
Joe Frazier staggering around the ring between knockdowns made him look like a little boy trying to fight a grown man!
Staggering around after rolling around.
George's record: 76W, 5L, 68 KO wins. His knockout record will never be broken.
But it’s not even the record lol Archie Moore has like over 100
@@Aaronthegreatest Archie was amazing at light heavyweight but I think George at heavyweight was scarier.
check out artur beterbiev ... all his match are KO , 100% KO rate
@@stevemarcosunny3916only 20 fights in a less dominant era of boxing
Archie Moore had the most knockouts of any Boxer in history no matter weight division
Frazier should have taken an easier fight after Ali. He was in the hospital for a month after that fight.
i remember seeing live on tv. This is still thrilling
Down goes Fraysha! 😂
I still recall that phrase every day!! I love it
Frazier's punch was about as powerful as Foreman's but Foreman had a big reach advantage. Frazier was 5 ft. 11 which is relatively short for a heavyweight boxer. Foreman was 6 ft. 4 which made it difficult for Frazier to get inside to connect.
Supposedly this is why Tyson didn't fight Foreman in the late 80's early 90's. Nightmare matchup
Foreman was very clear that he was ducking Tyson
@@Aaronthegreatestno, Foreman openly called out Tyson. Tyson ducked Foreman. Foreman’s style means he would absolutely whoop ass with Tyson no matter how old he was. Would of been another Foreman vs Frazier.
@@LTD538 yup. Ali told Tyson a shorter inside puncher can't beat a longer guy like Foreman. It would have been just like Frazier
@@Williamxmr maybe even worse, tyson goes down a lot harder than Frazier.
Thanks for good quality!
George was a beast of a man in the ring.
Foreman had dynamite in hand
"He's a big strong boy"
In today's feelings based culture, Howard's life and career would have been destroyed for those 5 words.
Years later it was ended by “ Look at the little monkey run!”.
I don't understand how Frazier got up 3 times , man had infinite heart and determination
6 times
I hated seeing Frasier go out like this. He was a great fighter
“George is a big strong boy” ……Damn, couldn’t get away with that anymore.
That referee was just out of his league. Frazier could have been killed.
Mercante was a great referee.He had to at least give Joe an opportunity to come back. It's a courtesy the ref will give the champion. After the 2nd knockdown in the second round from the double lefts that's when it was time to end it. That's when Angelo Dundee started yelling "Stop It". Frazier shouldn't have had to suffer knockdown number six .
I'm no ref, but that went on wayyyy too long. Fight should have ended after round 1.
Joe was out cold, then got hit so hard at 6:44 that his brain took a second to realize that the body needed to jump when it gets hit that hard.
Always wondered why Ali never fought Foreman again.
Ali probably knew Foreman would not fall for the "Rope a Dope" a second time.
Foreman reveals ali did offer him for title shot
But he took more than a year break from boxing, no way he can come back without rust
He can easily fight ali if he become top contender again. Thats the pount of boxing comission. But he retired after jimmy young beat him using similar tactic as ali. If jimmy young can do it, ali will beat him with more refine strategy had foreman not retired.
As if all Ali had was the rope a dope. He would’ve pulled a million moves out of his head to defeat anyone if he had to, much less beating a guy he already beat.
People let foreman off the hook with that rope a dope stuff. Ali didn’t lay on the ropes until like the 4th maybe 5th round. The first 3 rounds he stood in front of foreman and outboxed him. I don’t think foreman wouldn’t have beat Ali until 1977 and on. Anytime before that Ali wins.
No he wouldn’t have beaten Ali. Foreman was thoroughly whipped by Jimmy Young right after beating Frazier for the second time. That loss led Foreman to his first retirement.
Big George hurt Joe right from the start and his corner could have pulled him out a couple of knockdowns earlier,
Yes they should have stopped it after the second knockdown, the brutal uppercut.
Especially after seeing how Joes fighting style was only feeding into Foremans punching power. He was nothing but a weaving punchingbag taking serious damage.
Where did you get this with this quality omg
Joe’s durability is Too Underrated, taking brutal punishment from George Foreman
Clearest quality of this fight I've ever seen.
2:10 "No fear in either man". Howard read those men very well.
I had no idea Foreman was such an amazing fighter. What a powerhouse!
Much respect.
Fraziers corner: put up your defense
Frazier: defense? Okay, I’ll walk right into him with my face wide open
Awesome performance by the great George foreman... the best power puncher in the history of the sport....
“Frazier is understandably the favorite”.
Boy, did they read that wrong 🤦🏻♂️
Fantastic!
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Foreman didn't have a rematch with Ali, I wonder why?? Yet afterwards he fought two who had defeated Ali; Frazier & Norton, & beat them both so easily!
Foreman lost to Jimmy Young😁
Howard Bucking Cosell must have been a holdout from the days of radio, he simply never shuts up! Obnoxious.
With flask of Vodka in Lapel pocket!
Absolutely. He was a curse on an era of great heavyweight fighters. Annoying. Irritating. Loudmouth know-nothing.
@@mickmcsherry5916 No, he wasn't a know nothing, he was a highly educated Attorney. In 1986 he was asked his thoughts of Mike Tyson. With a big smile, he said "I have no thoughts at all!" "None?" Said the interviewer. Cosell said "None at all! He's a thug!" In '81 he predicted Dwight Braxton "Being all over Matthew Saad Muhammad!" And that happened also. He just had a flask of Vodka in his Lapel pocket at all times, to go with a Toupee that needed a chin strap!
Frazer was my guy all heart and never backed up always moving forward
He sure looks like he hits hard
Joe frazier fought like a raging bull❤ rest in peace champ❤
Jimmy Young punished all the "greatest" boxers, including Foreman and Ali! R.I.P. Jimmy!
Foreman was king of the uppercuts !
If Foreman didnt prove he was the real deal here he for sure proved it in his comeback. A rare talent for sure. That punching power isn't learned you're born with it.
Poor Joe
That was the best group of heavy weight contemporaries of all time. Mike Tyson was definitely their equal or better, but came along later.
Pffft Mike Tyson is nowhere near their level.
Joe was a lot like Mike Tyson . Great when going forward but didn’t like
Being put on his back foot and bullied back . I met Joe near the end of his life and he was in a wheelchair , all he talked about was how his corner stole the Ali fight from him and he’d watch that fight over and over again like he was expecting a different result . Sad to see what the end is like for some of these great men
That's a real shame. At least he beat Ali the first time around -- not many men can say they did that. Ali is a legend, but he acted disgracefully towards Frazier after Frazier supported him financially and spoke up in his favour regarding draft-dodging etc.
Big George Foreman is a great boxer and a 2 ,time World Heivahay Champion.😃
That smokin’ style caused Frazier some heavy punishment
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Could we get a Cleveland Williams fight next?
As I understood from both your comment and pp you are fan of cleveland williams
Yes I'm sherlock
You weren’t even into boxing a few months ago yet now you got cleveland Williams out of all people on ur name and pfp
Yeah Cleveland williams is my favorite, also Ali and Tyson and robinson
Before he got shot? Or after? When Clay fought him?
@@user-kh2ig7ew3w before.
I love Joe Frazier 🥊
I saw a copy of this fight from behind Foreman......he really tagged Frazier with some of those bombs
Now this is what boxing is all about too good old school boxers
" He's a big strong boy"...lol
Cossell needed to be ashamed of himself after that comment especially in that time period
Cossell was far from a racist, his comment meant no disrespect... STOP being so sensitive and drawing the race card.
@@scottrichards3246Yep, I can agree on others but not cossell
Where were you when he called Billy White Shoes Johnson a "little monkey!"?
I listened to it on TV, like I said he was not a racist... And for those who think he is, I say GET A LIFE... @!@@user-kh2ig7ew3w
Leartn to spell idiot.... LMFAO at YOU!@kam5914
The ref acted confused even while stopping it. I don't know what that was about. Frazier's corner should've stopped it on that 4th kd.
Funny. Foreman had no bounce in his step when he fought Ali in Zaire. He looked flat, no energy. Just saying.
Yeah....86° and 90% humidity will do that to you
@@russellcyr4867 Foreman got suckered into fighting in Zaire by Don King.
that top rope.,.suspiciously loose...not saying Foreman didn't fight a stupid fight, but by Ali leaning back, Foreman's punches lost half their impact by the time they landed....Foreman's corner should've told him to aim for Ali's shoulders.....not obvious, but two or three of Foreman's haymakers on Ali's shoulders would've slowed down his jab and right hand leads
@@anthonydileonardo8156What fight were you watching. Watch Round 5.
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Yes, George was a heavy puncher, but what I could never stand about Foreman was the constant pushing and pawing.
Its actually a jab...or supposed to be one
@@asmrnaturecat984 It's not a jab bro. He is clearly shoving him away with both hands.
I can't fricking stand the way he keeps constantly pushing his opponent with both hands, that's obviously cheating.
I'm surprised this was allowed back then. Either that or the ref is really bad.
This is an indicator of how much Joe lacked technique and boxing intelligence. Foreman is an ordinary puncher. Apart from brute force, there was nothing special about him, as Ali proved.
Obviously you have never stepped in a ring. Foreman is the one of the hardest punchers of all time if not the hardest. Holyfield said the hardest he ever got hit was an old George foreman not mike Tyson. George also had a high ring IQ and learned from one of the smartest fighters of all time Archie Moore. Also was the sparring partner of the most scarry fighter and an all time great champion sonny Liston.
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love Frazier but he got absolutely demolished by Foreman. Liston would have done the same thing if it weren’t for his handlers.
Foreman HAD A TREMENDOUS JAB....A GOAT HEAVY
So Funny Cosell saying "No fear in George foreman" during the stare down. Years later in interview George would be saying that he wanted to be world champion but hoped that Frazier would die first so that he didn't have to fight him and that he wanted to lose stare down because if Joe looked down first he would see Georges knees shaking.
If you don't believe me then look for the documentary "Champions forever" that came out back in the late 80's when George was making his comeback.
But really you had to be alive at the time to realize the shock-wave that this Foreman win sent around the boxing world.
A heavyweight as devastating as Marciano being dispatched with ease in two rounds was something never encountered even back in the days of Sony Liston who although walking through the top ten like no other like him before or since, never beat up an all time elite champion and all time great the stature of a Joe Frazier who at the time was not only undefeated but the only fighter to have beaten Ali.
Ali's chances of beating Foreman according to the experts and bookies of the time after this display were identical to his chances vs Liston him being an 8 to 1 underdog. At least here in the UK.
ALL fighters say stuff like that being polite. Ali said he was afraid of Liston. It's just talk.
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As it looks George Foreman punches are the strongest. It is not a good strategy to bear those punches unlike Rumble in the Jungle when Ali won. Because Ali made Foreman tired.
Foreman later revealed he's glad Smokin' Joe didn't look down during their staredown as he would've seen Foreman's legs shaking.
Amazing.
How the hell did Joe get up from ANY of those knockdowns???
Today a ref would never let a fighter keep going like that after getting floored so many times
The WBC normally had the three knockdown rule for their fights but it was waived for this fight. With it, the ref would have stopped the fight in the first round after the third knockdown.
Foreman was a beast.
The good old days.
Foreman hits HARD.
When Frazier ducked it was to the the left George realize and start throwing a short right hook
Howard C. Is one of the greatest announcers of all time!
George was great and Joe. Muhammad tamed George though
For a handful of dollars Fraser endured all this humiliation and beating❗
Foreman was a beast!
Thank God George Foreman didn't play with Frazier like Muhammad Ali did 😅
Foreman had great feet and balance.
This young George , is the one fighter ! that would have taken Tyson the same way . Mike would have charged him , and just got pushed back off balance by George like he did to Frazier And would have been crouched down low .. looking to come up with his short reach . He would have been in perfect range for George's uppercut .
Foreman had a good jab
I wish foreman fought Tyson ...this is exactly what would've happened to Tyson too . Foreman's casual punches are just so lethal
At 3:42 the Foreman uppercut was the start of it all.
"DOWN GOES FRA-ZIER ! DOWN GOES FRA-ZIER !! DOWN GOES FRA-ZIER !!!"
That was an interesting day 1/22/73 HBO 1st broadcast, Former President Johnson passes away & the day I turned 4 years old.
Yeah I was in 7th grade, and my Mom sadly told me the next morning that Joe got knocked down 6 times in the first two rounds before the fight was stopped. Then when I was folding my L.A. Herald -Examiner newspapers for my paper route; I saw all the pictures. We were devastated.
@@user-kh2ig7ew3w wow I hadn't even started yet 😆
Dude dodged 1000 atomic bombs but can’t win cause it only takes one lol
Joe just couldn't get inside against the bigger and stronger Foreman. Any time he tried, George would just push him away. The last thing anyone wanted to do against Foreman was stand in front of him at long range.
You’re right about the pushing by Foreman - the ref didn’t say boo until the start of the second round when he appeared to warn Foreman for shoving, but by then it was already too late for Joe. And of course that annoying windbag Howard Cosell didn’t know what he was looking at, so he didn’t say a word, either. However, in the final analysis, Foreman was going to finish Joe anyway, it was just a matter of time (IMHO).
The referee could have stopped the fight sooner but did a good job stopping when he did!!!
1 for the show & 2 he had go. Omg
Frazier had no defense at all.
George would have done the Same thing to Tyson. Tyson takes 10 counts though. He wouldn't get back up.
Alininde diğer kurbanlar gibi olacağına inanarak ringe çıkan Foreman 7.rauntta ne kadar yanıldığını anladığında artık çok geçti. Seni kandırdım Joe. İşin bitti.
Just DEVASTATING
George Foreman... He was super talented fighter. More talented than Roy Jones, Duran.
He entered a boxing gym at 17 and 2 years later, He became a gold medalist.
You debunked your own nonsense. That he won a gold medal with 2 years of boxing under his belt tells you his gift was physical. Both Jones and Duran are ranked higher all time, both P4p and in their respective decisions (check boxrec, where sportswriters don't get to chickenhead the rankings). George was the most feared heavyweight during the golden era of heavyweights, that's something. But it never had much to do with talent, as Ali proved in 8 masterful, one-sided rounds.
@@user-of9qq6op5u I agree that Jones and Duran were ranked higher than Foreman. But I was just talking about his talent. His was super human
@@samy5930 Oh, right on he was a beast and he did his thing in the toughest time for heavyweights. No doubt.
@@user-of9qq6op5udepends on how you define talent. Natural ability can be argued to be a kind of talent. One of the definitions is, "the natural endowments of a person".
Yeah it feels a bit unfair that genetics & environment can trump someone who works harder, but that's life.
I hated Frazier 😅