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Originally Posted by bill1234
I think he would take the Patterson rematch and win by MD. The first fight was very good and close. If George had won the fight with Foreman, he would probably work his way up the ranks again to fight Frazier around 1971 or early 1972, and lose by another TKO.
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I agree. If Chuvalo had beaten Foreman, and then beaten Patterson in a rematch, he would have earned a shot at Frazier. Given that Frazier had little to fear from Chuvalo, he would have gotten it.
The flip side of this is if Foreman had been derailed by Chuvalo, then there would have been no "Down Goes Frazier!" fight in Jamaica. Negotiations with Ali for a rematch were ongoing. If Frazier hadn't been beaten by Foreman, more than likely Frazier vs. Ali II would have taken place for the world title... only this time Frazier would not be coming off of the physical trauma of being dribbled around the ring by Foreman. What might have happened then?
The fun part of exercises like this is you can see how one little call by a referee - stopping Foreman vs. Chuvalo when Chuvalo could have continued - changes
everything that followed.