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Smokin'Joe KO 5, i just watched Brewster connect with several left hooks that put Klitschko's lights out, now Joe Frazier possessed one of the best left hooks in boxing history. I see no problem with Joe connecting here.
1/ Wladimir Klitschko was diagnosed with very acute hyperglycaemia after that fight and was close to a coma. Kind of dampens the victory which is evident in the fact nothing was really made of Brewster after the fight.

2/ The rematched showed what really happens to Brewster.

3/ Brewster is both longer and massively heftier than Frazier, a hulking powerhouse by comparison therefore a poor conclusion.

4/ Despite the above, Wladimir punched the living shit out of Brewster the entire fight before he succumbed to his illness. The only reason he survived to capitalize on it at all was because Lamon had a terrific chin! Something Frazier definitely didn't.

5/ Frazier did not possess one of the best left hooks "in history" he possessed one of the best left hooks for his time! Morrison had a better left hook for certain. As did Tyson. Wladimir himself has a better left hook!

6/ You must be blind!
Brewster went on a good run after he beat Wlad and his fight with Krasniqi probably finished him off not Wlad in the rematch.

Finito said 2003 Wlad! So get over yourself and admit he was a fragile and vulnerable heavyweight that Joe would have destroyed.
LOL Yeah sure! By 2003, Wladimir had already had more 200+ HW fights than Frazier did in his whole career and fought far more aggressively than he ever did today.

He seemed to come back pretty strong to me in 03 with a couple of early KO's and then was looking good against Brewster until the end. His most perceived vulnerable point imo would have been after Brewster vs Williason. It would have taken a very audacious analyst to claim at that point that he would pick up the pieces and transform himself into the unassailable mountain he is today.

But Williamson didn't even frustrate him with a monotonous plodding style. He did it by flipping around the ring like a turkey and STILL lost a technical decision.

The problem with you Master is that for what you view as quality fighters like Frazier, their punch baggery is a thing to behold as a sign of toughness, no matter how much they get hurt or even those that lose!

But for Wladimir, even if he gets hit cleanly and hurt just once or twice during a fight that he wins, he is still somehow lesser than those that struggle.

No I don't believe Wladimir was ever that fragile and I don't believe Frazier could ever have properly even fought Wladimir let alone hurt him.

He is in reality about 2 weight ranges below him for a start before you even look at the enormous gulf in skill. And yeah that's pre-Manny Wlad as well!

Klitschko vs Shufford...

Jim Lampley- This is no East European stiff people.

Larry Merchant- He is not only strong but you can see how quick, he has an athletic quickness never before seen in the HW division for such a big man.

Emanuel Steward- That right hand is a thing of beauty, it's probably the best right hand not just today, but probably in all of HW history.

That was at the turn of the century!!