I never appreciated the superhuman efforts of Smokin Joe to until of late Thank God for Queensberry rules, otherwise Joe would’ve crawled off the floor after 20 knockdowns in the 25th round to bash George with everything he had. 😂
What a wonderful man George Foreman is. He didn't even want to talk about his sensational victory over Joe Frazier he bought the conversation back to the sad passing of a true legend. George, you are in the same class my friend, you two are a great legend.
The thing I really respect about George in this interview was the interviewer tried to pivot a little bit onto that moment where George beat Fraiser, and George pivoted right back onto Fraziers passing, not trying to put glory on himself. Such a charismatic, humble move.
George is right! If King Kong showed up, Joe would probably say "wtf do you want?" The one punch Ali was most vulnerable to was the left hook. Long before Joe knocked Ali down, he had Ali reeling from left hooks. Almost knocked him down another time, wobbling him badly with another left hook. If you watch the later rounds of their fight, the right side of Ali's jaw is badly swollen, way out of proportion to his left side. I may be in the minority, but I think Ali would've lost the first fight to Frazier, even if they fought in 1968. The USA will probably never again rule Olympic boxing like they did the LHW/HW division from 1960-1972. First Ali in 1960, Frazier in 1964, and Foreman in 1968. First class fighters and human beings, to the end.....
@@Christopher-side_dude-Murican I honestly think Joe Frazier might be the only one to be able to beat a prime Ali. Joe Frazier was in fact blind in his left eye at that point. To me that's a better excuse than whatever Muhammad Ali had.
You gotta love George Foreman. I love hearing about how close these guys were. It just goes to show, never believe all the hype. These guys "were" the sport of boxing for many years.
George Foreman is a gent. His respect for Joe is mirrored, in other words, he gives respect and it returns to him. A nice guy, who could knock your block off.
super nice. who knew the hardest punchers in the world would be so nice, well-spoken and have respect for everyone around them Foreman, Shavers, Ali, Fraizer are true gentlemen
Foreman came from the toughest era of the heavyweight division. He was truly a gift to the sport. One of the most powerful punches ever in boxing and made a great comeback from retirement.
Big George Foreman I remember the first time I saw George Foreman didn't know who he was ,He was going up against Joe Frazier My father and my two brothers we said, well Joe Frazier probably knocked this guy out in the second round we turned our backs to get some refreshments when we turned around again Frazier was on the canvas . We could not believe our eyes and then there were five more knockdowns by George Foreman. I will never forget those times in the '70s. I love George Foreman I love all the fighters at that time George is a great man a great champion. He speaks so highly of Joe Frazier and I love that. God bless George Foreman thank you champion for being such a great man.
Ali, Smoking Joe, Big George... Consecutive Gold Medal Winners, then all Heavyweight Champs, fighting wars against rach other. That was truly the golden age of boxing. Damn glad I lived through it.
me too….those were the days when they could talk up an upcoming fight and everyone and i mean EVERYONE was wound up for it from cab drivers to politicians…almost carried the same weight as going to the moon…seriously you had to live in that time…when you hear about a so called fight today….it’s like..who???…or more like ..who cares
@@augustineriley5582 ali losing to frazier, holmes & more makes ur claim false of ali being the goat. Ali ducked foreman rematch. Tyson fury would beat ali
@@Brock-Lesnar-WWE Your using the outdated triangle model pal, - how old are you btw? And whilst I'm a big Fury fan, born and raised just the road from him, know some of his relatives, - we'll never know, - makes for a reat fantasy fight, but your rationale is flawed. Also seems like your a kid to me, using the "Mayweather" no loss model? If that's the case then it follows Marciano would be the HW GOAT, 49 fights 49 victories! And just to further your fledgling education, and obvious gaps in boxing history, Ali himself when asked about facing Marciano (at their peaks of course) admitted, "I barely got past Frazier twice, and I think Rocky would have been tougher, I would have hit the floor, but who knows?" Re the Holmes loss? you really spacing now ace, it was a shell of Ali who only fought for the 10,000,000 notes he got, - (which was a LOT then) he was advised against the fight, - but as he said. "A dead man man would get out of his coffin for ten million". Advice kid, check out the pre Ali era, E Charles, Archie the Mongoose Moore, Liston etc!!! Better still go back to J Johnson etc. then GROW UP! or least expand your limited understanding and obvious naive speculations. Adios pal. PS Foreman DIDN'T want a rematch with Ali, get real kiddo. And Ali didn't need it.
George Forman, the gentleman, of boxing. I have so much respect for this man, even though we're years apart. He is a true class act, very hard tough man inside and out. If the world were more like him, we as people would have no problems.
George is so lovely and understated - "It was ROUGH on me." ROUGH = " AH wuz DESTROYED." But George would never say it. You have a Beautiful Heart and beautiful Mind George Foreman. Thank you George for your Human heart. God bless you. MozzfromOZ.
Big George is my fav fighter along with marciano, but id put foreman as the toughest sob in the golden era, he brutalised the so called hardest hitters (lyle, norton, cooney etc, ) and ive no doubt he would have walked through shavers (rip). As a fighter he was the most durable. A top class man, wish him all the best in the remainder of his life
Joe Frazier a god of boxing we have to use his life to inspire us on achieving r goals in life. We must put ourselves in his shoes if we were born in poverty in a farm in south Carolina could we be as great as Joe to steer r way to champion Joe is incredible human being as well as kind and humble
Frazier, Ali, Foreman and Norton. We had all four at the same time. The Golden Age of Boxing that will never, ever happen again. Seriously, never again.
Foreman ....what a man !!! He might have lost to Ali ..but he is the King of class...( and that includes the glory and the failures ) .and age has only turned him into the finest wine humanity has to offer !! Long live the King !
Funny how George Foreman, Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes fought in the 60's,70's, 80's and 90's are still Multi-Millionaires and Holyfield and Tyson are damn near Broke.
These guys are the absolute giants of the sport and more importantly giants in our culture...Big George is just the pinnacle of what a champ should be...Smokin Joe stole America's heart as well....The best of the best, in an era of great men in the ring.....Glad I lived to see it...
I really like George Foreman, he's great guy, a very strong man mentally and emotionally. If tyson had Georges mental strength he could have done a lot better.
i can really hear the preacher in george come out here. he's a smoother talker than people give him credit for. as much as he clearly wants to retroactively make everything out to be lovey-dovey, the truth is joe and ali were enemies for most of their lives. joe refused to participate in the eliminator tourney for the title because he protested the stripping of ali's belt, he gave ali money to train, and in return got called uncle tom and gorilla.
During Joe Fraziers' reign as heavyweight champion he clearly was feared, as I don't think there was huge lineup of boxers wanting to fight him. Especially after he defeated the great Muhammad Ali. Smoking Joe was not only an incredible warrior with a heart of a lion, he also was man loaded with class and charisma. God bless you Joe Frazier.
@Atrisk351 Little known fact is that Ali actually won almost all the rounds including most of the early rounds when Forman was still fresh. Ali would beat Forman no matter what man
'They stopped the fight but they didnt stop Joe Frazier'. Big George is now such a classy guy.
he knows his gift is surprisingly ....bullshitting. that's cool tho
He always was.
You said it!
"They stopped the fight, but they didn't stop Joe Frazier."
Gave me chills to hear that from George
I never appreciated the superhuman efforts of Smokin Joe to until of late Thank God for Queensberry rules, otherwise Joe would’ve crawled off the floor after 20 knockdowns in the 25th round to bash George with everything he had. 😂
@@Pulsonar right
Tougher than everyone else
Ali would have agreed. Frazier was fearless and tenacious.
Joe Frazier is one of the greatest human being ever.
Guillermo Zamora FRAZIER &ALI:GONE BUT NEVER 4GOTTEN RIP 2 BOTH!
Dont forget ALI man....
@@afaqueahmed9011
He doesn’t need to mention him because this is a Frazier video.
One of the most loved heavyweight champions I would say. His fans still love him.
What a wonderful man George Foreman is. He didn't even want to talk about his sensational victory over Joe Frazier he bought the conversation back to the sad passing of a true legend. George, you are in the same class my friend, you two are a great legend.
George is very loving man for everyone 💖
George Foreman always has a kind word for everyone.
Not a bad trait.
Foreman grew into the most wonderful gentle giant. I love him. God bless you George.
Man you gotta love Foreman's charisma and you gotta love Joe Frazier period. They don't make 'em like that nomore
Simon Traversy NO THEY DON'T!
The thing I really respect about George in this interview was the interviewer tried to pivot a little bit onto that moment where George beat Fraiser, and George pivoted right back onto Fraziers passing, not trying to put glory on himself. Such a charismatic, humble move.
Smokin' Joe was a true people's champion.
They don't come any classier than Big George Foreman. A truly great man in his own right.
The first Ali-Frazier fight proved Joe's greatness as a boxer.
That fight is still the greatest heavyweight fight of all time in my opinion. That left hook was absolutely devastating.
George is right! If King Kong showed up, Joe would probably say "wtf do you want?" The one punch Ali was most vulnerable to was the left hook. Long before Joe knocked Ali down, he had Ali reeling from left hooks. Almost knocked him down another time, wobbling him badly with another left hook. If you watch the later rounds of their fight, the right side of Ali's jaw is badly swollen, way out of proportion to his left side. I may be in the minority, but I think Ali would've lost the first fight to Frazier, even if they fought in 1968. The USA will probably never again rule Olympic boxing like they did the LHW/HW division from 1960-1972. First Ali in 1960, Frazier in 1964, and Foreman in 1968. First class fighters and human beings, to the end.....
@@milojanis4901 Umm Ali (Back then Cassius Clay) before they banned him from boxing for 3 years is a beast no heavy weight could objectively handle.
@@Christopher-side_dude-Murican I honestly think Joe Frazier might be the only one to be able to beat a prime Ali. Joe Frazier was in fact blind in his left eye at that point. To me that's a better excuse than whatever Muhammad Ali had.
This about their first fight
Loved Smokin' Joe...a real brawler. Courageous fighter never gave up. Great for the sport!
George Foreman, clearly a great man.
You gotta love George Foreman. I love hearing about how close these guys were. It just goes to show, never believe all the hype. These guys "were" the sport of boxing for many years.
George Foreman is a gent. His respect for Joe is mirrored, in other words, he gives respect and it returns to him.
A nice guy, who could knock your block off.
super nice. who knew the hardest punchers in the world would be so nice, well-spoken and have respect for everyone around them Foreman, Shavers, Ali, Fraizer are true gentlemen
Much respect to George, giving much respect to Smokin Joe.
I am 55 now and this was the era, the 70's !!
George Foreman. After the humbling he took from Ali he became boxing's greatest gentleman, bar none.
You are a credit to yourself Mr Foreman.
Boxing was great back then . Thank you George and all of you great heavyweights from that era.
Foreman came from the toughest era of the heavyweight division. He was truly a gift to the sport. One of the most powerful punches ever in boxing and made a great comeback from retirement.
George a great champ , ever so gracious , I respect this man
George Foreman is a gentleman and a scholar! He is the one that Americas youth should look up to. I am a fan of George and will always be a fan.
Truly one of the greats..can't deny that!
Big George Foreman I remember the first time I saw George Foreman didn't know who he was ,He was going up against Joe Frazier My father and my two brothers we said, well Joe Frazier probably knocked this guy out in the second round we turned our backs to get some refreshments when we turned around again Frazier was on the canvas . We could not believe our eyes and then there were five more knockdowns by George Foreman. I will never forget those times in the '70s. I love George Foreman I love all the fighters at that time George is a great man a great champion. He speaks so highly of Joe Frazier and I love that. God bless George Foreman thank you champion for being such a great man.
Very classy, God bless George and R.I.P SMOKIN JOE
both of these men are nothing but class my hat is off to both of great men
Ali, Smoking Joe, Big George...
Consecutive Gold Medal Winners, then all Heavyweight Champs, fighting wars against rach other. That was truly the golden age of boxing. Damn glad I lived through it.
Holy crap, I thought I know a lot about this legends , but I didn't know all R Olympic gold medal winners. Wow, cheers, thanks for that info.
me too….those were the days when they could talk up an upcoming fight and everyone and i mean EVERYONE was wound up for it from cab drivers to politicians…almost carried the same weight as going to the moon…seriously you had to live in that time…when you hear about a so called fight today….it’s like..who???…or more like ..who cares
George is really the only man from the heavyweight golden era that still talks normal. Tysons could be related to drug abuse though.
GEORGE FOREMAN IS PURE CLASS!!!! POINT BLANK!!
George Foreman will never say it himself, but people who follow boxing know he was the Greatest heavyweight of his time.
Patrick, George was a great, agreed, but his loss to Ali negates your claim of him being THE greatest of his time. Peace.
George, aside from Ali, also lost to Jimmy Young, fair and square.
@@augustineriley5582 ali losing to frazier, holmes & more makes ur claim false of ali being the goat. Ali ducked foreman rematch. Tyson fury would beat ali
@@Brock-Lesnar-WWE Your using the outdated triangle model pal, - how old are you btw? And whilst I'm a big Fury fan, born and raised just the road from him, know some of his relatives, - we'll never know, - makes for a reat fantasy fight, but your rationale is flawed. Also seems like your a kid to me, using the "Mayweather" no loss model? If that's the case then it follows Marciano would be the HW GOAT, 49 fights 49 victories! And just to further your fledgling education, and obvious gaps in boxing history, Ali himself when asked about facing Marciano (at their peaks of course) admitted, "I barely got past Frazier twice, and I think Rocky would have been tougher, I would have hit the floor, but who knows?" Re the Holmes loss? you really spacing now ace, it was a shell of Ali who only fought for the 10,000,000 notes he got, - (which was a LOT then) he was advised against the fight, - but as he said. "A dead man man would get out of his coffin for ten million".
Advice kid, check out the pre Ali era, E Charles, Archie the Mongoose Moore, Liston etc!!! Better still go back to J Johnson etc. then GROW UP! or least expand your limited understanding and obvious naive speculations. Adios pal. PS Foreman DIDN'T want a rematch with Ali, get real kiddo. And Ali didn't need it.
@@Brock-Lesnar-WWE HAHAHAHAHA
Thanks back atcha. He’s so cool not just what he says about joe but when he talks in general, always feels nice hearing the big guy talk.
George Forman, the gentleman, of boxing. I have so much respect for this man, even though we're years apart. He is a true class act, very hard tough man inside and out. If the world were more like him, we as people would have no problems.
God Bless both of them.
George is cool. RIP Joe, true champ.
What a good man George he is
George doesn’t mention how great he is. He only praises others.
George Forman,
Always spoke so well
Of Joe Frazier(God Rest His SOUL).
George, you have so much Class,
You Must Be the Greatest,👍
George is so lovely and understated - "It was ROUGH on me." ROUGH = " AH wuz DESTROYED." But George would never say it. You have a Beautiful Heart and beautiful Mind George Foreman. Thank you George for your Human heart. God bless you. MozzfromOZ.
Kind words for Joe, thanks George.
Wonderful tribute from one great to another.
George was a great man i love this champ
I love Big George and Smokin' Joe. One legend and a wonderful human being paying tribute to another legend and great man.
God bless all these great fighters and there family's,George is such a humble man.
George is my hero. He’s all we got left from that era.
What a champion! My favorite fighter of all time. Big George.
Great, fantstic and immortal Joe Frazier!!! Respect forever!!!
George Forman always a gentleman
Smoking Joe will be ever remembered
Thank you George Foreman
True champ with true class! RIP Joe!
Wow!! What a great commentary from George Foreman. And what a class act! GodBless you Mr. Foreman!
George Foreman has to be one of the most astute businessman and pastor.
But in the ring he was a beast.
Big old George, what a classy guy, what a gigantic figure!
Big George is my fav fighter along with marciano, but id put foreman as the toughest sob in the golden era, he brutalised the so called hardest hitters (lyle, norton, cooney etc, ) and ive no doubt he would have walked through shavers (rip). As a fighter he was the most durable. A top class man, wish him all the best in the remainder of his life
HOW in the hell do you not love this guy?This man has got the spirit,attitude,and heart,and MIGHT,of a lion.
God bless Joe Frazier
George for president!
George knocked him out in both fights and what wonderful class George has
Enjoy your home Big G,you deserve it!
I met Ali. I didn't get to meet Frazier. Some day I'd love to meet Foreman.
Those three are as good of people as there are.
Joe Frazier a god of boxing we have to use his life to inspire us on achieving r goals in life. We must put ourselves in his shoes if we were born in poverty in a farm in south Carolina could we be as great as Joe to steer r way to champion Joe is incredible human being as well as kind and humble
he had the true ethos of boxing i will never forget his courage
Big George is everybody's taugh uncle...little big sweet damn dangerous Big George...
Nice comments George, smokin Joe was a giant of a boxer
Frazier, Ali, Foreman and Norton. We had all four at the same time. The Golden Age of Boxing that will never, ever happen again. Seriously, never again.
Rev. Foreman... This is what I want to call him.
Foreman ....what a man !!! He might have lost to Ali ..but he is the King of class...( and that includes the glory and the failures ) .and age has only turned him into the finest wine humanity has to offer !! Long live the King !
Funny how George Foreman, Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes fought in the 60's,70's, 80's and 90's are still Multi-Millionaires and Holyfield and Tyson are damn near Broke.
ha ha funny
Holyfield broke nooo
Holyfield's got 5, yes 5 ex wives and 11 children. That would break ANY man
Kevin Dunstall Lol!
where did you get that Holyfield is broke?? he's not. Tyson's networth is 2 million it's not a multimillionaire but 2 millions is not broke
Foreman is a good man.
Seems to me that was the greatest era of boxing...oh well, guess i missed all the fun ha..
louis - yeah ;) you really did have to be there ;) true world sporting events, cheers :)
From such a tough guy, the modesty of George Foreman is a joy to behold
So much class. So much respect for George and Joe.
These guys are the absolute giants of the sport and more importantly giants in our culture...Big George is just the pinnacle of what a champ should be...Smokin Joe stole America's heart as well....The best of the best, in an era of great men in the ring.....Glad I lived to see it...
Big George is top 3 heavyweight of all time! He was better at 40 then when he was a kid... He was sick!
Smokin Joe...Truly a legend....And who better to give a eulogy than Big George....Such a class act...
JOE FRAZIER THE TRUE GREATEST CHAMPIONSHIP THAT EVER LIVED WOW
rip smoking Joe u were smoking march 8 1971
George is and always was, such a gentleman.
I really like George Foreman, he's great guy, a very strong man mentally and emotionally. If tyson had Georges mental strength he could have done a lot better.
Tough as nails and a heart of gold.
Another class act Foreman
George and George two great decent humans.
Champions of the seventies, old good days
Legend to Legend..
Love Mr.Foreman
A CLASS FIGHTERS ALL !!!! AMAZING.
My favorite Boxer of all time= Joe Frazier!!! George Foreman is a true great man!!!
i can really hear the preacher in george come out here. he's a smoother talker than people give him credit for.
as much as he clearly wants to retroactively make everything out to be lovey-dovey, the truth is joe and ali were enemies for most of their lives. joe refused to participate in the eliminator tourney for the title because he protested the stripping of ali's belt, he gave ali money to train, and in return got called uncle tom and gorilla.
Great men great fighters. Joe Frazier was one of the fighters Rocky was modeled after.
If Smokin Joe would have been 5 inches taller he probably would’ve been unstoppable
And now (i think) that the only heavyweight of the golden era left is Big George
During Joe Fraziers' reign as heavyweight champion he clearly was feared, as I don't think there was huge lineup of boxers wanting to fight him. Especially after he defeated the great Muhammad Ali. Smoking Joe was not only an incredible warrior with a heart of a lion, he also was man loaded with class and charisma. God bless you Joe Frazier.
George Foreman the most Charismatic, Humble, God Fearing Believer Boxing World Champion..
Big George is Pure Class.
Former champion now champion again
ilike this guy so much i GOTTA buy another G.F.grill right now!
What a legend .he Did'nt have the money like Ali. He could be world champion now 💙💚🙏🇬🇧
Luke Norton...you a cool brother..."you could be wrong I could be dead wrong"....only real men talk that...peace brother
George Chuvalo and Ernie Terrel can still sound pretty clear.
I loved his barbeque joint in Clinton , Maryland . He knew how to cook too .
Love George
@Atrisk351 Little known fact is that Ali actually won almost all the rounds including most of the early rounds when Forman was still fresh. Ali would beat Forman no matter what man
Joe Frazier The Great!