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Originally Posted by BoxingManiac
I would have to disagree. Holyfield always was leaning against his opponents, and if he leaned on Joe Frazier, it would have been game over for him. Holyfield got knocked out by Riddick Bowe in the 8th round, i dont think he would stand a remote chance against Joe Frazier.
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He wasn't just leaning, he was headbutting, Bowe hit him with mostly uppercuts, Frazier is known for hooks he seldom through uppercuts. Saying he doesn't stand a remote chance is ludicrous.
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Originally Posted by no dice nate
Frazier would have let his fists go way more than Bowe who beat Evander twice. I see a huge left hook closing the curtains.
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You sure about that? Bowe threw a ton of hard punches in those fights, Frazier could also throw a ton, but way more than Bowe threw in those fights is exaggerating to the tenth.
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Originally Posted by bill1234
Frazier TKO 8. Frazier is basically a bigger, more powerful, Qawi who gave Holyfield all he could handle.
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When Holyfield fought Qawi, he was still a pup, you can't really go off their first fight. Holyfield knocked him out in 4 in the rematch btw.
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Originally Posted by Megarodon
Michael Dokes gave Holyfield much more problems than he should. Holyfield would find alot of problems with a guy like Frazier, who never stops smoking and is much much harder to keep away than Michael Dokes, not to mention hes vetter than Doeks in any department.
I couldnt agree more Bill, Frazier would be much harder than Quawi, who gave Holyfield one hell of a hard time.
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If I remember correctly Dokes was his first fight in the heavyweight division, Dokes was taller than him and he had problems with guys like that. He still had to turn his cruiserweight body and fill it out to a heavyweight frame.
This is a much closer fight than many are predicting, Holyfield was only knocked out by Bowe who is no slouch in the power department and it was at a time he was having heart problems, etc. This would be a very close back and forth entertaining fight , not nearly the one sided fight predicted. I went for Frazier UD 15, but I could see this being as a SD MD a draw or Holyield getting the decision, I can also see Frazier getting a late round Ko but that has the slimmest of chances IMO.