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Originally Posted by Tom Yum
Last time I checked, Joe Frazier isn't Rocky Marciano lol.
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Last time I checked Joe Frazier fought much better and prime opposition than Marciano. Joe Frazier fought the best fighter of his era when the greatest fighter was still at the top of his game. Rocky Marciano fought the greatest fighter of his era once the greatest fighter had retired, began playing golf and got forced out of retirement by the IRS so that the world could have a white heavyweight champion. Marciano himself stated that he knew that he would have lost if the match had taken place just 5 years prior.
So no, Frazier doesn't have the adoration that Marciano has from Marciano fans, but Frazier has more respect among his peers and boxing fans for fighting prime heavyweight champions that weren't forced to compete after retirement.
Even still, computer generated fantasy boxing is garbage and that's why it never caught on.