George Foreman Remembers Joe Frazier

[petereuropa]

George Foreman is just the nicest guy. He is saying here and also in another interview on youtube that Frazier and Ali were the greatest. George you forgot one of the very greatest boxers - U2 George!

[chill14later]

Foreman is an great example of the "American dream" He started at the bottom & remains at the top....A true story of amazing faith!

[TheOCTAVIUS72]

George is a great man. I respect how he gave Frazier his respect and just due!!!!

[klnine]

George is a great guy !!

[vgr112261]

This was a great interview. Most questions coming from sports interviewers are really daft. This guy did his homework and combined it with empathy for Joe.

[MsLee901]

aww. i luv george foreman

[babablowfish]

George Foreman is such a gracious, decent man.

[27neverlose]

joe frazier was one of the best boxers of all times The only reason ail sh t talked joe was because he was scared of him. Joe is the only man to ever truly knock down and put a beating into ail when he was in his prime. I never liked the way ail spoke down to jumping joe Joe was a real gentlemen and a great ambassador for boxing

[vladiator100]

@27neverlose Actually no one ever beat Ali in his prime which is from 64-67. Ali was not the same Ali that came back in 1970. And Ali was not scared of Frazier, Ali "shit talked" to ALL his opponents. Ali sold fights, boxing needed Ali, the more insults the more money was in it for promoters and the fighters themselves.

[27neverlose]

@vladiator100 In 1970 ali was 28 yrs old for most if not all sports this is consider ones prime And yes he did sht talk all his opponents but Ali crossed the line with joe far to many times .As far as promoting a fights that comes with any boxing match Take Mayweather vs pacman all mayweather dose is talk sht and pacman says very little if anything at all Pac dose his talking in the ring like joe did. Ali feared joe the most of any fighter he faced he even said that himself

[michaelyouth]

@27neverlose Ali's prime was between 64 and 67. He was a far different fighter in 1970. No comparison.

[27neverlose]

@michaelyouth TRUE I had to go back and watch some highlights of his earlier fights When he came back he was heavy-er and slower with more of a rope a dope style and seemed fatigue mid way through fights

[michaelyouth]

@27neverlose He was not even in his shadow. It his because his style relied on reflexes and split second timing. If you're forced to stop fighting professionally, it will hurt you. The Ali of 1967 would beat on the Ali of 1974 all night long. That Ali, whom fought Cleveland Williams, Sonny Liston, Zora Folley and Brian London, would beat anybody.

[cousinwes1]

@michaelyouth I have to say i partly agree with what you are saying, it is disputable how ever whether he was better before or after, yes it is true he lost a little speed..not much he was still faster than everyone else way into his mid thirties, but he gained other things..namely power,punch resistance and experience. he also employed tactics to greater effect, the younger ali would not have been able to take the punches of foreman, and no he would be able to dance around him either.

[cousinwes1]

@cousinwes1 foreman was the best in history at cutting the ring down, boxing a fighter in and pounding them out, he was much better than this then even an old liston. apart from the lack of sparing, it was the combination of supreme tactics, loose ropes and inhuman willingness and ability to take punishment that allowed him to beat george, a younger ali would have got cornered and hammered.

He would of lost the third frazier fight as well, look what cooper did to a young ali when connected...

[cousinwes1]

@cousinwes1 to say the younger or the older ali was the best is not realistic, both combined over the corse of his carear is what made him the best, he may have lost a little speed, but he was the fastest anyway, but he gained in other areas.

[MrJoelouisbarrow]

@cousinwes1 chin is chin you cant train it

[tw69hands2]

@MrJoelouisbarrow:

I think that if you box at the proper weight division, then the body will endure better. I remember when Luisito Espinosa was a bantamweight. He seemed to have a very fragile chin, but when he moved up to featherweight, he seemed to become more durable. Part of it was the fact that he was unnaturally light at bantamweight. He also boxed more efficiently at featherweight too, defending himself better.

[michaelyouth]

@cousinwes1 His chin did not improve with the years. He always could take a punch pretty well, and recooperate from it. If the older Ali can take it, the young one can too, but the thing you seem to forget is that Ali fought Liston. George said Liston was the only one who could back him up (in sparring), because of his crazy power. Ali could dance 15 rounds, and take a punch at the same time. I don't know if he would knock him out, but I think he'd humiliate him on points.

[vladiator100]

@27neverlose Not every fighter knows how to sell fights. He also "crossed" the line with all the insults to Foreman and Liston. The bigger the insults for the bigger fights. Thats the name of the game, you saying Ali was afraid of Frazier just means you don't know boxing. An athlete's prime is considered when he is at the peak of his abilities, for Ali it was from 64-67. Not everybody is the same, and in boxing a lot of boxers are already shot by 29. Example Erik Morales.

[vladiator100]

@27neverlose Ali at 29 when he fought Frazier was past his peak of 64-67. Just what makes you think every athlete's prime is at 28? An athlete's prime is when he is at his peak of his ability, that varies in age depending on the person. And fighters are different from most other athletes, in boxing plenty of fighters are past their prime by the age of 29. Depending when they get shot. Look at Klitschkos, they are at their prime in mid and late 30s, every athlete is different.

[fadethetrade]

@vladiator100 True,look at tyson,25 yrs old,he was already shot!I think foreman was overrated and a total fraud in his comeback,I saw dwight braxton back him up in the 7ht round,tyson would have annihalated him.foreman lost to a blown up light heavyweight,ducked ruddock,ducked bowe,wanted a shootout with an already mentally shot tyson,couldnt ko chicken stewart and savarese who tyson ko'd both first rounds! lost to morrison and paid off moorrer to take a last round dive.

[PFCKufik]

Foreman is a great person and its obvious he liked Joe,just makes me shed a tear

[outerlimits2]

joe was a bad motherfucker...RIP my friend.

[truebeliever786]

George Foreman's a great man...

RIP Forever Smokin' Joe, you're the best... God bless you in Heaven...