Thread: Joe Frazier talks about the 1973 Foreman fight

part 2---what's a ROODİO"

Joe was a handsome, articulate and funny man.

Great clip, never seen this before. Joe still calls Ali, Clay so there is no love lost there and he did not want to say his war with Ali contributed to his loss to Foreman.

Foreman fight v Joe was on ABC?

no not the fırst fıght but ı saw lıve on ABC the rematch. classıc. most people dont know they had a 2nd fıght and here ıt ıs:

foreman would beat alı ın a rematch as ıt was already 1976 and alı could not have performed as well as he dıd ın zaıre by that tıme. foreman would have destroyed alı as foreman was punchıng very relaxedly and very straıght as cosell commented. gıl clancy really changed hıs style and he would have destroyyed alı ın 1976.

Seeing Joe with a shaved head is weird.

Joe was finished after just losing to Ali, George was active but Ali was more active in 1976 and put in a lot of victories, even if some of them were close.

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

foreman would beat alı ın a rematch as ıt was already 1976 and alı could not have performed as well as he dıd ın zaıre by that tıme. foreman would have destroyed alı as foreman was punchıng very relaxedly and very straıght as cosell commented. gıl clancy really changed hıs style and he would have destroyyed alı ın 1976.

Yeah whatever

Joe was so Brave. It never left him. His heart was massive.

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

To see Joe Frazier clear eyed and articulate once again re-affirms my belief that he also should've retired after the Thriller In Manila.
I saw Smokin' Joe as a guest on Friday Night Fights a few years back, i couldn't understand a word he said and i don't think he knew what he was saying either.
Boxing can be a cruel sport, but people can be cruel to boxers and so many continue on way past their used by date.
As Benny said, he was a nice man, he was a great champion and you can clearly see here that he was humble and acknowledged defeat like a true champion.

The outcome of Frazier vs Foreman didn't surprise anyone. The two things I remember about that fight was the way Frazier's legs deserted him and Howard screaming "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!". I felt sorry for Joe, that knockdown with him suspended in the air must have been replayed a thousand times in the next month or so! I have to admit, I watched a lot of them.

ı used to feel sıck to my stomach the way foreman knocked joe around lıke a rag doll---like he robbed hım of all hıs masculınıty or dıgnıty or somethıng. but then after years of feelıng nauseous about ıt---lıterally nauseous wehen ı would watch the vıdeos over and over---ı realızed that HEY FUCK THAT SHIT---joe frazıer robbed plenty of people of THEIR DIGNITY AND MANHOOD TOO. What comes around goes around.

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

ı used to feel sıck to my stomach the way foreman knocked joe around lıke a rag doll---like he robbed hım of all hıs masculınıty or dıgnıty or somethıng. but then after years of feelıng nauseous about ıt---lıterally nauseous wehen ı would watch the vıdeos over and over---ı realızed that HEY FUCK THAT SHIT---joe frazıer robbed plenty of people of THEIR DIGNITY AND MANHOOD TOO. What comes around goes around.

Circle of boxing life, George got Ali to hand it to him, Ali to Holmes to Tyson to Holyfield to Lewis.

you cant fool the reaper---he gets everyone---