What’s as amazing as Foreman’s ability to knock Joe down that many times is Joe’s determination to get back up.
@mars3532 ай бұрын
This comment 💯. I was jaw dropped watching Frazier get up each time.
@allpraisestothemosthigh9418Ай бұрын
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!
@ragemysterio7497Ай бұрын
where'd you hear that from? sounds VERY familiar
@user-se5ui9hy6bАй бұрын
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!!!
@hammer44headАй бұрын
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.
@AndrewLane-pm2ro2 ай бұрын
Watching Joe Frazier get bashed around by anybody is an abject pleasure
@benelias35562 ай бұрын
@@benelias3556 ??
@AllinGold22 ай бұрын
It’s freakish
@wcgold22 ай бұрын
Made SMOKIN JOE do the jig
@seanmetro34962 ай бұрын
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.
@AJTwo2 ай бұрын
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.
@KingJachai2 ай бұрын
We don’t see any of them now. They’re all dead except for Big George.
@jameskinchen21482 ай бұрын
@@jameskinchen2148With Holmes and Chuvalo.
@PowerBattles2 ай бұрын
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-dieumercassociates29332 ай бұрын
@@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!
Can't believe Frazier's corner allowed him to come out for the second round. Dude had no idea where he was
@jamesbarker9895Ай бұрын
that's what I thought
@SWATTECHNOLOGIES29 күн бұрын
George Foreman is a legendary boxer!
@user-rj2ws3gu3r2 ай бұрын
Should have been stopped after the second knockdown. Joe could have been killed.
@alimohammedabd2 ай бұрын
This fight was probably the tipping point for the {mandatory} three knockdown rule.
@chrisjoseph64662 ай бұрын
It should have been stopped after knockdown number five in the second round
@rudimwongozi21692 ай бұрын
@@rudimwongozi2169 he was on Queer Street after that second knockdown. Couldn’t defend himself.
@alimohammedabd2 ай бұрын
@@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.
@rudimwongozi21692 ай бұрын
He was never the same after this
@Steve-mp7by2 ай бұрын
Foreman, the classy guy he is, goes over and spends time making sure Fraser is ok.
@johnnyv.51422 ай бұрын
You mean making sure Joe was gonna LIVE!
@user-kh2ig7ew3wАй бұрын
He was not the happy Foreman of today. In 1970s peak he was known for being a moody thug.
@ronniep9272Ай бұрын
Whoa. This is a really high quality video of this fight!
@stonkscreditunion89132 ай бұрын
George's record: 76W, 5L, 68 KO wins. His knockout record will never be broken.
@chrisjoseph64662 ай бұрын
But it’s not even the record lol Archie Moore has like over 100
@AaronthegreatestАй бұрын
@@Aaronthegreatest Archie was amazing at light heavyweight but I think George at heavyweight was scarier.
@chrisjoseph6466Ай бұрын
check out artur beterbiev ... all his match are KO , 100% KO rate
@stevemarcosunny3916Ай бұрын
@@stevemarcosunny3916only 20 fights in a less dominant era of boxing
@LTD538Ай бұрын
Archie Moore had the most knockouts of any Boxer in history no matter weight division
@dwainbrown5141Ай бұрын
"Joe Frazier liked to get hit. He got mad at you if you DIDN'T hit him!" - George Foreman
@wralford2 ай бұрын
If that's the case this was Joe Frazier's favorite fight 🤔
@sandpeat2 ай бұрын
He got all the ass whopping he wanted here, so he can't be mad.
@richardbarneycastle1262Ай бұрын
@@sandpeat Lol
@muskegontribuneАй бұрын
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!
@JosephSmith-tb1geАй бұрын
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯faxxxx bro ppl don’t understand wha these fighters go thru inside and outside the ring
@mightyabdullah-el340125 күн бұрын
He literally knocked Frazier off his feet!
@jaygold44672 ай бұрын
Это невероятно! 😂
@asadqudaibergen9850Ай бұрын
Is that dundee yelling STOP IIITTTT! STOP ITTTT!!! .. As if someone was getting chainsawed in the ring... The yelling gives me chills
@BrbZrk_22 ай бұрын
Dundee, yes
@bluejeans94822 ай бұрын
Why did he not throw in the towel. Why did he let Ali fight when he was clearly suffering Parkinson’s or CTE.? Greed 🤔
@owencampbell8799Ай бұрын
@@owencampbell8799Dundee wasn’t Frazier’s trainer or in his corner he was just ring side.
@PricelukedАй бұрын
@@owencampbell8799throw in the towel? That would have been a question for Eddie Futch.
@butchcoolidge4448Ай бұрын
Yes I know but think it’s valid saying he let Ali fight when he knew he shouldn’t.
@owencampbell8799Ай бұрын
Joe Frazier staggering around the ring between knockdowns made him look like a little boy trying to fight a grown man!
@randysmith28662 ай бұрын
Staggering around after rolling around.
@user-kh2ig7ew3wАй бұрын
Frazier was a hard man, tough as nails, with dynamite power in his fists...it's unreal how easily Foreman handled him.
@tcb6857Ай бұрын
For me Frazier looked a bit out of shape in this fight.
@danielhkhk728320 күн бұрын
I don't understand how Frazier got up 3 times , man had infinite heart and determination
@thendomayne3229Ай бұрын
6 times
@joshuatree562022 күн бұрын
Frazier should have taken an easier fight after Ali. He was in the hospital for a month after that fight.
@shinestar2912Ай бұрын
Down goes Fraysha! 😂
@kaspafischer2 ай бұрын
I still recall that phrase every day!! I love it
@donmaclean5443Ай бұрын
Always wondered why Ali never fought Foreman again. Ali probably knew Foreman would not fall for the "Rope a Dope" a second time.
@damongwinnАй бұрын
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.
@asmrnaturecat984Ай бұрын
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.
@mohamedalahmadani5174Ай бұрын
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.
@brianjackson3031Ай бұрын
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.
@ltyler01Ай бұрын
i remember seeing live on tv. This is still thrilling
@teamdeo6313Ай бұрын
Supposedly this is why Tyson didn't fight Foreman in the late 80's early 90's. Nightmare matchup
@WilliamxmrАй бұрын
Foreman was very clear that he was ducking Tyson
@AaronthegreatestАй бұрын
@@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.
@LTD538Ай бұрын
@@LTD538 yup. Ali told Tyson a shorter inside puncher can't beat a longer guy like Foreman. It would have been just like Frazier
@WilliamxmrАй бұрын
@@Williamxmr maybe even worse, tyson goes down a lot harder than Frazier.
@LTD538Ай бұрын
Big George hurt Joe right from the start and his corner could have pulled him out a couple of knockdowns earlier,
@jimcameron46722 ай бұрын
Yes they should have stopped it after the second knockdown, the brutal uppercut.
@danielhkhk72832 ай бұрын
Especially after seeing how Joes fighting style was only feeding into Foremans punching power. He was nothing but a weaving punchingbag taking serious damage.
@user-bu3is6fg2oАй бұрын
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.
@SkankHuntForty2Ай бұрын
Joe’s durability is Too Underrated, taking brutal punishment from George Foreman
@shadicalplayz8932Ай бұрын
"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.
@teaneys12 ай бұрын
That referee was just out of his league. Frazier could have been killed.
@laurelhill3505Ай бұрын
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 .
@shakeAbooty8824 күн бұрын
Foreman had dynamite in hand
@gautambanegee58272 ай бұрын
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.
@LifeOfRy2 ай бұрын
George was a beast of a man in the ring.
@roasthunter2 ай бұрын
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.
@canadianfortrump4057Ай бұрын
JURO PRA VCS, EU NUNCA VI UM CARA TÃO RESISTENTE E TEIMOSO COMO FRAZER. UM ABSURDO O TANTO QUE ELE CAI E NÃO DESISTE! ELE É MASSACRADO, MAS A RECUPERAÇÃO DELE É MONSTRUOSA. ACHO QUE O FILME DO ROCK FOI FEITO EM CIMA DESSA LUTA.
@cactus9362Ай бұрын
That smokin’ style caused Frazier some heavy punishment
@marcosadrian2027 күн бұрын
Thanks for good quality!
@user-eb6er7kl3oАй бұрын
Fraziers corner: put up your defense Frazier: defense? Okay, I’ll walk right into him with my face wide open
@marcosadrian2027 күн бұрын
“Frazier is understandably the favorite”. Boy, did they read that wrong 🤦🏻♂️
@pjaylettАй бұрын
“George is a big strong boy” ……Damn, couldn’t get away with that anymore.
@kerrycarter330Ай бұрын
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.
@betterstepsАй бұрын
Big George Foreman is a great boxer and a 2 ,time World Heivahay Champion.😃
@josecano798027 күн бұрын
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!
@augustseptember350329 күн бұрын
Foreman lost to Jimmy Young😁
@FRIZALZ.21 күн бұрын
I hated seeing Frasier go out like this. He was a great fighter
@mH8675309Ай бұрын
Joe frazier fought like a raging bull❤ rest in peace champ❤
@HarryFromTheNorthSideАй бұрын
Awesome performance by the great George foreman... the best power puncher in the history of the sport....
@0709110213022 ай бұрын
Clearest quality of this fight I've ever seen.
@thespy7795Ай бұрын
Jimmy Young punished all the "greatest" boxers, including Foreman and Ali! R.I.P. Jimmy!
@AsherKhazarАй бұрын
I Remember watching this fight live. As a life long boxing fan, I have never seen a top tier fighter fight a dumber fight than Frazier did in this one.
@markburnham75122 ай бұрын
Дело не в том что Фрейзер тупо вел свой бой.Все дело в том что против мощи Формена все его аргументы были недостаточны
@user-bo3qk2fh7m2 ай бұрын
Nobody realized Foreman's real power until this point.
@somah1470Ай бұрын
How true!!! Always felt that. He was spending way too much energy bobbing up and down for no reason. But again, styles wins fights. An infighter against a slugger??? This is what you get.
@futureisyours3016Ай бұрын
also George won't let him fight on the inside, he keeps shoving him away when he gets close, seems unfair
@holliswilliams8426Ай бұрын
@@holliswilliams8426 Definitely against the rules, but George was never even warned.
@markburnham7512Ай бұрын
"DOWN GOES FRA-ZIER ! DOWN GOES FRA-ZIER !! DOWN GOES FRA-ZIER !!!"
@Rich-jd9upАй бұрын
Foreman hits HARD.
@jamestiscareno4387Ай бұрын
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.
@sleazyfellowАй бұрын
" He's a big strong boy"...lol Cossell needed to be ashamed of himself after that comment especially in that time period
@tom11zz8842 ай бұрын
Cossell was far from a racist, his comment meant no disrespect... STOP being so sensitive and drawing the race card.
@scottrichards32462 ай бұрын
@@scottrichards3246Yep, I can agree on others but not cossell
@PowerBattles2 ай бұрын
Where were you when he called Billy White Shoes Johnson a "little monkey!"?
@user-kh2ig7ew3w2 ай бұрын
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
@scottrichards32462 ай бұрын
Leartn to spell idiot.... LMFAO at YOU!@kam5914
@scottrichards32462 ай бұрын
He sure looks like he hits hard
@tfrantasticАй бұрын
That was the best group of heavy weight contemporaries of all time. Mike Tyson was definitely their equal or better, but came along later.
@bigrich675023 күн бұрын
Pffft Mike Tyson is nowhere near their level.
@humbledude378421 күн бұрын
I love Joe Frazier 🥊
@wcgold22 ай бұрын
Funny. Foreman had no bounce in his step when he fought Ali in Zaire. He looked flat, no energy. Just saying.
@ronniecozzi83852 ай бұрын
Yeah....86° and 90% humidity will do that to you
@russellcyr48672 ай бұрын
@@russellcyr4867 Foreman got suckered into fighting in Zaire by Don King.
@ronniecozzi83852 ай бұрын
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
@anthonydileonardo81562 ай бұрын
@@anthonydileonardo8156What fight were you watching. Watch Round 5.
@thespy7795Ай бұрын
The good old days.
@nicholascaputa2748Ай бұрын
love Frazier but he got absolutely demolished by Foreman. Liston would have done the same thing if it weren’t for his handlers.
@SimplyThatGuy1210 күн бұрын
Foreman was king of the uppercuts !
@DavidThomas658Ай бұрын
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
@user-eg8hb8xt3jАй бұрын
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.
@MSimp2k6Ай бұрын
Thank God George Foreman didn't play with Frazier like Muhammad Ali did 😅
@user-sm8ov5gz2tАй бұрын
Poor Joe
@thomasmeade56492 ай бұрын
Where did you get this with this quality omg
@johnlemon6719Ай бұрын
Howard Bucking Cosell must have been a holdout from the days of radio, he simply never shuts up! Obnoxious.
@Skipjack78142 ай бұрын
With flask of Vodka in Lapel pocket!
@user-kh2ig7ew3wАй бұрын
Absolutely. He was a curse on an era of great heavyweight fighters. Annoying. Irritating. Loudmouth know-nothing.
@mickmcsherry5916Ай бұрын
@@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!
@user-kh2ig7ew3wАй бұрын
Fantastic!
@maksyms.Ай бұрын
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.
@greganderson144518 күн бұрын
Could we get a Cleveland Williams fight next?
@ClevelandWilliamsBoxing2 ай бұрын
As I understood from both your comment and pp you are fan of cleveland williams Yes I'm sherlock
@mustafaatalay2122 ай бұрын
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
@hassanx94232 ай бұрын
Yeah Cleveland williams is my favorite, also Ali and Tyson and robinson
@ClevelandWilliamsBoxing2 ай бұрын
Before he got shot? Or after? When Clay fought him?
@user-kh2ig7ew3wАй бұрын
@@user-kh2ig7ew3w before.
@ClevelandWilliamsBoxing28 күн бұрын
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 .
@SJ-ty5rw2 ай бұрын
Dude dodged 1000 atomic bombs but can’t win cause it only takes one lol
@vinsanity982Ай бұрын
The referee could have stopped the fight sooner but did a good job stopping when he did!!!
@jackcurran1122Ай бұрын
It just goes to show us what a Great Fighter Muhammad Ali was that he beat both of those guys three out of four times.
@leewilcox5848Ай бұрын
George was great and Joe. Muhammad tamed George though
@michaelgaskell20312 ай бұрын
Yes, George was a heavy puncher, but what I could never stand about Foreman was the constant pushing and pawing.
@ukrandr2 ай бұрын
Its actually a jab...or supposed to be one
@asmrnaturecat984Ай бұрын
@@asmrnaturecat984 It's not a jab bro. He is clearly shoving him away with both hands.
@holliswilliams8426Ай бұрын
I can't fricking stand the way he keeps constantly pushing his opponent with both hands, that's obviously cheating.
@holliswilliams8426Ай бұрын
I'm surprised this was allowed back then. Either that or the ref is really bad.
@kevtn8Ай бұрын
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.
@aranitbala262Ай бұрын
How the hell did Joe get up from ANY of those knockdowns???
@martynlee747319 күн бұрын
⚡🤖⚡🚀👊🔥
@Omega1casablanca2 ай бұрын
Frazer was my guy all heart and never backed up always moving forward
@kiezasosa3173Ай бұрын
Joe beats Ali, Ali beats Foreman, and Foreman beats Joe 😂😂😂
@oxxo902Ай бұрын
Ali beat Joe Twice.
@thespy7795Ай бұрын
Now this is what boxing is all about too good old school boxers
@bobolson5086Ай бұрын
Frazier literally just had one punch. A very limited boxer.
@ronniep9272Ай бұрын
George Foreman dünya tarihin gelmiş geçmiş en büyük boksörü
@serkanyldz947122 күн бұрын
Foreman HAD A TREMENDOUS JAB....A GOAT HEAVY
@7neophyteАй бұрын
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.
@asadqudaibergen9850Ай бұрын
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.
@paulengels6926Ай бұрын
Howard C. Is one of the greatest announcers of all time!
@PDizzoАй бұрын
I saw a copy of this fight from behind Foreman......he really tagged Frazier with some of those bombs
@anthonydileonardo8156Ай бұрын
George would have done the Same thing to Tyson. Tyson takes 10 counts though. He wouldn't get back up.
@thespy7795Ай бұрын
Today a ref would never let a fighter keep going like that after getting floored so many times
@QueensNativeNYCАй бұрын
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.
@leeharris9958Ай бұрын
At 3:42 the Foreman uppercut was the start of it all.
@stevecvino2 ай бұрын
Joe never adjusted. As the Champ, you think you’re invincible. But a truly smart fighter needs to know it’s not working. The lack of head coverage and bobbing did him in. I would have fired that left every time George pushed.
@HHH-ye1roАй бұрын
Woulda done nothing 😂
@kiboma4209Ай бұрын
@@kiboma4209 probably not. But, it may have extended things a bit?
@HHH-ye1roАй бұрын
Joe Frazier was slow, overweight, undertrained & overconfident with only 2 fights against mediocre opponents ( Ron Stander & Terry Daniels) in 2 years since the Ali fight ... and it showed in his clumsy performance against Foreman.
@anslemslove52152 ай бұрын
Foreman had a good jab
@4EyedAnimation2 ай бұрын
I wish foreman fought Tyson ...this is exactly what would've happened to Tyson too . Foreman's casual punches are just so lethal
@msway751Ай бұрын
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.
@camoss37242 ай бұрын
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).
@mickmcsherry5916Ай бұрын
For a handful of dollars Fraser endured all this humiliation and beating❗
@dr.muhammadalhusseini85042 ай бұрын
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.
@samy59302 ай бұрын
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-of9qq6op5uАй бұрын
@@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
@samy5930Ай бұрын
@@samy5930 Oh, right on he was a beast and he did his thing in the toughest time for heavyweights. No doubt.
@user-of9qq6op5uАй бұрын
@@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.
@MSimp2k6Ай бұрын
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.
@adrianboyddodd80072 ай бұрын
ALL fighters say stuff like that being polite. Ali said he was afraid of Liston. It's just talk.
@thespy7795Ай бұрын
Foreman was a beast.
@YgorWFBАй бұрын
When Frazier ducked it was to the the left George realize and start throwing a short right hook
@scs28502 ай бұрын
Foreman was a beast!
@misterspikexАй бұрын
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@CGL999Ай бұрын
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@user-fd8eh5sl1tАй бұрын
Foreman had great feet and balance.
@kareenlearmond4407Ай бұрын
Foreman knocks out an opponent who fought Ali for 45 rounds. He is a monster
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!!!
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.
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!
Cosell: „Down goes Frazier…..down goes Frazier……down goes Frazier!“
You're about 51 years too late!
Yea, but I still remember his voice
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
George Foreman is a legendary boxer!
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
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.
Whoa. This is a really high quality video of this fight!
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
"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
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
He literally knocked Frazier off his feet!
Это невероятно! 😂
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 staggering around the ring between knockdowns made him look like a little boy trying to fight a grown man!
Staggering around after rolling around.
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.
I don't understand how Frazier got up 3 times , man had infinite heart and determination
6 times
Frazier should have taken an easier fight after Ali. He was in the hospital for a month after that fight.
Down goes Fraysha! 😂
I still recall that phrase every day!! I love it
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.
i remember seeing live on tv. This is still thrilling
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.
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.
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.
Joe’s durability is Too Underrated, taking brutal punishment from George Foreman
"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.
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 .
Foreman had dynamite in hand
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.
George was a beast of a man in the ring.
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.
JURO PRA VCS, EU NUNCA VI UM CARA TÃO RESISTENTE E TEIMOSO COMO FRAZER. UM ABSURDO O TANTO QUE ELE CAI E NÃO DESISTE! ELE É MASSACRADO, MAS A RECUPERAÇÃO DELE É MONSTRUOSA. ACHO QUE O FILME DO ROCK FOI FEITO EM CIMA DESSA LUTA.
That smokin’ style caused Frazier some heavy punishment
Thanks for good quality!
Fraziers corner: put up your defense Frazier: defense? Okay, I’ll walk right into him with my face wide open
“Frazier is understandably the favorite”. Boy, did they read that wrong 🤦🏻♂️
“George is a big strong boy” ……Damn, couldn’t get away with that anymore.
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.
Big George Foreman is a great boxer and a 2 ,time World Heivahay Champion.😃
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😁
I hated seeing Frasier go out like this. He was a great fighter
Joe frazier fought like a raging bull❤ rest in peace champ❤
Awesome performance by the great George foreman... the best power puncher in the history of the sport....
Clearest quality of this fight I've ever seen.
Jimmy Young punished all the "greatest" boxers, including Foreman and Ali! R.I.P. Jimmy!
I Remember watching this fight live. As a life long boxing fan, I have never seen a top tier fighter fight a dumber fight than Frazier did in this one.
Дело не в том что Фрейзер тупо вел свой бой.Все дело в том что против мощи Формена все его аргументы были недостаточны
Nobody realized Foreman's real power until this point.
How true!!! Always felt that. He was spending way too much energy bobbing up and down for no reason. But again, styles wins fights. An infighter against a slugger??? This is what you get.
also George won't let him fight on the inside, he keeps shoving him away when he gets close, seems unfair
@@holliswilliams8426 Definitely against the rules, but George was never even warned.
"DOWN GOES FRA-ZIER ! DOWN GOES FRA-ZIER !! DOWN GOES FRA-ZIER !!!"
Foreman hits HARD.
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.
" 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
He sure looks like he hits hard
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.
I love Joe Frazier 🥊
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.
The good old days.
love Frazier but he got absolutely demolished by Foreman. Liston would have done the same thing if it weren’t for his handlers.
Foreman was king of the uppercuts !
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.
Thank God George Foreman didn't play with Frazier like Muhammad Ali did 😅
Poor Joe
Where did you get this with this quality omg
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!
Fantastic!
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.
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.
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 .
Dude dodged 1000 atomic bombs but can’t win cause it only takes one lol
The referee could have stopped the fight sooner but did a good job stopping when he did!!!
It just goes to show us what a Great Fighter Muhammad Ali was that he beat both of those guys three out of four times.
George was great and Joe. Muhammad tamed George though
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.
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.
How the hell did Joe get up from ANY of those knockdowns???
⚡🤖⚡🚀👊🔥
Frazer was my guy all heart and never backed up always moving forward
Joe beats Ali, Ali beats Foreman, and Foreman beats Joe 😂😂😂
Ali beat Joe Twice.
Now this is what boxing is all about too good old school boxers
Frazier literally just had one punch. A very limited boxer.
George Foreman dünya tarihin gelmiş geçmiş en büyük boksörü
Foreman HAD A TREMENDOUS JAB....A GOAT HEAVY
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.
Howard C. Is one of the greatest announcers of all time!
I saw a copy of this fight from behind Foreman......he really tagged Frazier with some of those bombs
George would have done the Same thing to Tyson. Tyson takes 10 counts though. He wouldn't get back up.
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.
At 3:42 the Foreman uppercut was the start of it all.
Joe never adjusted. As the Champ, you think you’re invincible. But a truly smart fighter needs to know it’s not working. The lack of head coverage and bobbing did him in. I would have fired that left every time George pushed.
Woulda done nothing 😂
@@kiboma4209 probably not. But, it may have extended things a bit?
Joe Frazier was slow, overweight, undertrained & overconfident with only 2 fights against mediocre opponents ( Ron Stander & Terry Daniels) in 2 years since the Ali fight ... and it showed in his clumsy performance against Foreman.
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
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).
For a handful of dollars Fraser endured all this humiliation and beating❗
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.
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.
Foreman was a beast.
When Frazier ducked it was to the the left George realize and start throwing a short right hook
Foreman was a beast!
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Foreman had great feet and balance.
Foreman knocks out an opponent who fought Ali for 45 rounds. He is a monster