How Ali could take Foremans shots but not Frazıers so well?

[brocktonblockbust]

yeah good poınts. Ali saw the punches comıng even before George thought to throw them practıcally. Probably took half the power out of the shots.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Because Foreman's punches were all telegraphed and predictable which allowed Ali to brace for the punch....

On the other hand, as the smaller man, Frazier was able to get inside on Ali while landing quick punches that surprised him more... Punches that u dont see coming are the ones that hurt you and Frazier was able to land plenty of them..

IT's all about styles and handspeed.. NO doubt big George had the heavier hands but as I stated in another thread, punching power comes in many forms..

Frazier's style was simply more effective against Ali...

[elcolibri]

IIRC For that fight Ali specifically trained to take a major beating and not be affected by it. (Maybe that training was a change for him at that time?)

[Spicoli]

Style and delivery system

[Manos de Piedra]

Simply because he could see them coming and was braced to take the shot, whereas against Frazier he didn't see 'em coming. The one you don't see coming does the most damage.

[Master]

He took a lot of them on the arms and the ones landed on the chin were met with a great chin.

[Mars_ax]

Seems like Ali took most of George's big shots on his gloves, arms/elbows, some did get through but Ali took them well. It also helped that Ali had the heart of a fucking Lion.