Impossibly Powerful Left Hook - 'Smokin' Joe Frazier (The Man Who Beat ALI)

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Joe Frazier is known for his iconic Left Hook. The first man to defeat Muhammad Ali, and the real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa...Smokin Joe conquered all comers, and reigned atop the heavyweight division during the golden age of the sport. Relive all the greatest moments, the best knockouts, hooks, comebacks, upsets, rivalries...all of it, in this original documentary from Joseph Vincent.
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Andrew Scott
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  • @graphic2259
    @graphic2259 Жыл бұрын

    ‪“If God ever called me to a holy war, I want Joe Frazier fighting beside me.” - Muhammad Ali ‬

  • @TheMemphisStrangler

    @TheMemphisStrangler

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah ali trashed frazier after he helped him get his boxing license back…keep living in your dream world where ali is the nicest guy.

  • @deasinho

    @deasinho

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@TheMemphisStrangler Kiddy go Play fortnite. Let the men's talk.

  • @finnmacmanus5723

    @finnmacmanus5723

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheMemphisStrangler yeah imagine trash talking your opponent in a boxing match, so evil. They ended up friends who respect each other

  • @AUDIOANDWHIPS2

    @AUDIOANDWHIPS2

    Жыл бұрын

    @@finnmacmanus5723 Well that's how it goes imagine somebody biting your ear off it happened with Mike Tyson and evander holyfield. Tommy hearns became friends with the hands of stone and they hated each other more than any other two boxers in history that's what happens when you get old and don't let me forget George Foreman was one of the meanest boxers that ever lived and by the age of 45 he became the most humble boxer and Christian ever. It's called father time catching up. Life will humble you.

  • @TheMemphisStrangler

    @TheMemphisStrangler

    Жыл бұрын

    @@deasinho Yeah thats what i thought,Instead of providing facts on why im wrong you tell me to go play fortnite ? Lol what a mature adult you are.

  • @seniordavidmanderson9232
    @seniordavidmanderson9232 Жыл бұрын

    "My left eye went when I was young. I was working the speed bag and some steel went in the eye and scratched it to pieces. I was blind in that eye. Some doctors were my best friends. We sheltered the story and kept it a quiet. And I learnt the eye-chart by heart." -- Joe Frazier

  • @bastadimasta

    @bastadimasta

    Жыл бұрын

    Ali had a better chin but Frazier had the biggest heart (along with Kim Duk-Koo) in the boxing history. I am pretty sure that if Frazier had a better chin he would fight to death against Foreman. Fortunately, he didn't.

  • @Aoki3997

    @Aoki3997

    Жыл бұрын

    *Michael Bisping enters the chat*

  • @miniramptricks1986

    @miniramptricks1986

    Жыл бұрын

    If he fought that whole career with one eyes he is hands down the greatest

  • @bastadimasta

    @bastadimasta

    Жыл бұрын

    @@miniramptricks1986 sometimes he fought with no eye at all

  • @southernman8685

    @southernman8685

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Aoki3997 😂😂 another LEGEND

  • @Mr.CEO888
    @Mr.CEO888 Жыл бұрын

    Joe could always say he WON the fight of the century!

  • @daviddelligatti9052

    @daviddelligatti9052

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah that was louis schmeling

  • @Mr.CEO888

    @Mr.CEO888

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daviddelligatti9052 You know nothing about boxing. The fight between Frazier vs Ali was bill as the fight of the century. Go do your history before you comment.

  • @daviddelligatti9052

    @daviddelligatti9052

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Mr.CEO888 In opinion. And no it wasn't, but it's context and implications surrounding the fight should have made it so. It's more historically significant not just for boxing but for history in general.

  • @mongoslade277

    @mongoslade277

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@daviddelligatti9052Joe Louis was great in the rematch with Schmeling BUT the 1st fight with Joe Frazier was known as THE FIGHT. The fight of the century

  • @marknorris1381

    @marknorris1381

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. I thought Bill Recht's card was a little over the top at 11 rounds to 4, but I had Frazier winning 9 rounds to 6. On a 10 point scoring system I had it 144 to 139 for Joe. He definitely won that fight. You could also look at who was really hurt during that fight. Ali had him slightly hurt in the 9th, but Joe had Ali nearly out on his feet in the 11th, and hammered Ali in the 15th.

  • @ADAM_CAMMA
    @ADAM_CAMMA Жыл бұрын

    although he lost both fights against Foreman, it helped cement his tough-guy persona. Honestly, who else got up that many times? He demonstrated a “never give up” attitude that we can all aspire to

  • @dajonbarnes5149

    @dajonbarnes5149

    Жыл бұрын

    Foreman was terrified of Fraizer

  • @davissinclair4945

    @davissinclair4945

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dajonbarnes5149 Foreman's two greatest wins, Frazier I and Moorer. George said Joe was the only man he was really scared of. Beat him easily the first time. Paced himself the second time in Uniondale still a little bit in scared of what was left of Joe after Manilla. That was the best George Foreman. He needed the encouragement from Joe Louis that he could beat him again.

  • @terrenceperkins5282

    @terrenceperkins5282

    9 ай бұрын

    R u crazy he killed get up after kept knock don't prove nothing. What show joe skills is Limited he couldn't get in . Ali played with Joe the 1st fight & put Joe in the hospital for a mouth 🤡

  • @chancevonfreund9145

    @chancevonfreund9145

    9 ай бұрын

    Smokin Joe was always my favorite as a Kid! 🥊

  • @ExaltedNthaizm

    @ExaltedNthaizm

    8 ай бұрын

    Frfr 😢

  • @arthurdurham
    @arthurdurham Жыл бұрын

    It's sad that his mainstream legacy is being the guy who fought (and eventually lost to) Ali. He was one the greatest heavyweights of all time and a class act of a person. They don't make boxers like him anymore. When you talk about the golden age of boxing you best be mentioning Smokin' Joe.

  • @brendancronin3796

    @brendancronin3796

    Жыл бұрын

    I think has time has gone by fraizer has been separated from Ali....any boxing fan with half a brain knows how good Joe was .

  • @edge1247

    @edge1247

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@Brendan Cronin He made Ali want to quit. With one Eye Smokin Joe is a Legend

  • @brendancronin3796

    @brendancronin3796

    Жыл бұрын

    @@edge1247 I agree

  • @shawshank178

    @shawshank178

    Жыл бұрын

    Pause at 28:13. That guy seems to be whistling for one boxer while simultaneously showing the finger to the other! 😂

  • @curbozerboomer1773

    @curbozerboomer1773

    7 ай бұрын

    Liston, in his earlier fights, was a superman in the ring!...and when he met Ali, he was at least in his late 30s...Liston was just too late to the party, due to his awful past and jail terms. But check out his earlier filmed fights...He was like Tyson, before Tyson showed up!

  • @sebastiaankrul2403
    @sebastiaankrul2403 Жыл бұрын

    Underrated and one of the toughest fighters there ever was

  • @tahayldrm1579

    @tahayldrm1579

    Жыл бұрын

    "and then some"

  • @jesiah391

    @jesiah391

    Жыл бұрын

    Everyone knows he’s a god, how is he underrated

  • @switters8679

    @switters8679

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jesiah391 Yea I agree with you, how dumb is it to say underrated. I suspect pretty fucking dumb.

  • @gregoryingram7561

    @gregoryingram7561

    Жыл бұрын

    One of the most disrespectful things that the city of Philadelphia did was to place a statue of Rocky who was a fictional character played by Sylvester Stallone who was born in New York in front of Freedom Hall , and there was Joe Frazier born in Philadelphia, a true great Champion, it wasn't til after he died they decided to make a Statue in his honor, and even sadder than that Sylvester Stallone had Joe Frazier in a cameo appearance in the first Rocky movie, but Sylvester was kind enough to acknowledge Joe in the movie as true champion, and Sylvester Stallone said in the scene when he's at a slaughtering house punching hanged up on hangers, he got that from Joe Frazier, because Joe would go to a slaughtering house and punch hanging meat, and it's only reason why Sylvester Stallone added to his move was because of Joe Frazier.

  • @Corina_June_Cunningham

    @Corina_June_Cunningham

    Жыл бұрын

    Joe Frazier was born January 12, 1944, the twelfth child of Dolly Alston-Frazier and Rubin in Beaufort, South Carolina. He was raised in a rural community of Beaufort called Laurel Bay. Long before he became Smokin' Joe, the future heavyweight champion was known in his South Carolina hometown as "Billy Boy" -- a stocky farmer's son who honed his devastating left hook on a punching bag made from a flour sack stuffed with corn cobs, rags and Spanish moss. By age 6, Frazier was in the fields helping his brothers and sisters pick tomatoes and other crops. He began driving his father's pickup truck when he was 7. His mother would later recall Frazier started to fight around the age of 9. Frazier's father encouraged the brawling, saying he could grow up to be the next Joe Louis, and Frazier started training with whatever materials he had at hand. The fighter later said he gave daily beatings to his homemade punching bag for several years. Frazier was expelled from school in the ninth grade when he fought a white student for calling his mother names. He got a job working construction that helped him build his body and earn enough money to leave the South. In 1959, at age 15, he boarded a Greyhound bus and went to New York to live with his brother. He soon moved to Philadelphia and got a job in a slaughterhouse, where he practiced his punches on sides of meat. He rose to prominence quickly after joining a gym. He turned pro in 1965 after winning an Olympic gold medal in Japan. He fought in some of the most exciting, important and memorable boxing matches in history. He is considered one of boxing's 10 greatest Heavyweight champions ever and is in the International and World Boxing Halls of Fame.

  • @max.o4543
    @max.o4543 Жыл бұрын

    You know history will say that Muhammad Ali was the hero and Joe Frazier the villain but this documentary shows how much of a Hero that Frazier was and shows one of Muhammad Ali's biggest regrets in his life.

  • @blackamericandestroyergod1957

    @blackamericandestroyergod1957

    2 ай бұрын

    ?

  • @mohammadmalik2957

    @mohammadmalik2957

    Ай бұрын

    Ali fan here and you know what you’re actually right.

  • @IrishTechnicalThinker
    @IrishTechnicalThinker Жыл бұрын

    I've been watching lots of Joe Frazier documentaries lately and so glad to watch this, he was really good man who realistically is the only man to really beat and seriously hurt Ali in his prime.

  • @mattdespard6576

    @mattdespard6576

    Жыл бұрын

    Ken Norton beat Ali in his prime, too; and while Foreman lost to Ali they attribute the onset of LI'A Alzheimer's to the beating he took from Foreman

  • @fiucik1

    @fiucik1

    Жыл бұрын

    With all due respect, nobody beat Ali in his prime, we never saw Ali's prime because he was exiled. After he returned, he wasn't the same fighter. And yet he still beat the best boxers in the history. Though you're right about one thing, Ali has never took such a beating like in the Fight of the Century.

  • @IrishTechnicalThinker

    @IrishTechnicalThinker

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fiucik1 I believe Ali in his prime was against Cleveland Williams and no doubt you would say the same, realistically his exile should have improved him with taking no damage or breaking down his body over the three years. Although Joe Frazier beat Ali the first time fair and square, for Ali to beat Frazier twice after that just shows how good Ali was.

  • @fiucik1

    @fiucik1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IrishTechnicalThinker No his exile didn't improve him. If you don't fight for 3.5 years, it takes your reflex and your stamina. Ali before exile was faster and could dance even in the 15th round. After exile he wasn't the same fighter. And you don't have to believe me. The late, grate Cus D'Amato said that to Ali before his fight with Frazier. Ali beating Frazier in the last 2 fight. I think that after the Fight of the Century, Joe wasn't really the same. He won the fight, but the didn't win in the eyes of the people, the public. He didn't gain his rightful respect. And Ali fought more clever fight in the rematch and rubber match.

  • @IrishTechnicalThinker

    @IrishTechnicalThinker

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fiucik1 Absolutely, I agree with you on that. Joe wasn't quite the same again as he didn't reclaim the title back again or look as good as he did that night. Definitely Ali's exile effectively took Ali's best away as his timing and sharpness was not being constantly worked over those 3.5 years and was spent in court disputes and media madness. Especially the NSA who had Ali under surveillance 24/7 over those years wouldn't help either.

  • @BigLouJo_XVI
    @BigLouJo_XVI Жыл бұрын

    There’ll never by another person who could create incredible, sports-related, documentary-style content like you can, Joseph Vincent. If there ever was a KZread awards show that’s just about sports, I think one of your Bored Films videos would get nominated and end up winning a minimum of 3 or 4 awards every single year. Probably in featured categories like “best mini-movie,” or maybe “best athlete’s story description” even.

  • @greenstreetmusic4683

    @greenstreetmusic4683

    Жыл бұрын

    Best documentary...

  • @BigBrainLynx

    @BigBrainLynx

    Жыл бұрын

    Rythm boxing makes some good ones too, they're shorter and more concise but the narrator is really good.

  • @beans3158

    @beans3158

    Жыл бұрын

    only thing I don't like is the amount of sound effects he uses when they're fighting

  • @BigLouJo_XVI

    @BigLouJo_XVI

    Жыл бұрын

    @@beans3158 I actually like those sound effects, especially the ones from wild animals.

  • @m4rcin847

    @m4rcin847

    Жыл бұрын

    It sreams "cliche american documentary". Those predator sounds and stuff can be fun for 12yo maybe, it lowers overall quality of those documentaries. Id rather go and support someone with passion for the sport, not the passion for more viewers.

  • @Realfishhours
    @Realfishhours Жыл бұрын

    Joe Frazier was an amazing boxer and a great man. Lord almighty that left hook could level mountains. It's beautiful to see him getting the love and praise he deserves in the documentary. Well done 👏

  • @AUDIOANDWHIPS2
    @AUDIOANDWHIPS2 Жыл бұрын

    Another masterpiece! Nobody does it like Joseph Vincent 💯☝️

  • @JosesAmazingWorlds

    @JosesAmazingWorlds

    Жыл бұрын

    Nobody

  • @FreakyPhilch

    @FreakyPhilch

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JosesAmazingWorlds I asked to go to the bathroom to watch this, its soo damn good and I'm happy he covered my boxing hero.

  • @snuglife599

    @snuglife599

    Жыл бұрын

    Joe Vincent is the GOAT👍👍👍

  • @markoculina5972

    @markoculina5972

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@JosesAmazingWorlds make it so

  • @yusufu9

    @yusufu9

    8 ай бұрын

    Absolutely! A superb documentary about a great man and champion! Boxing in those days was on a whole different level. Thanks for keeping these memories alive!

  • @sagathedamsel2950
    @sagathedamsel2950 Жыл бұрын

    Frazier was always humble, generous, and the hardest working man in boxing. He came from poverty and maybe didn't have the best genetics, looks or articulated speech. What he achieved came from absolute discipline, hard work and pure warrior's heart. God gave Ali all the gifts but humility wasn't one of them, the way he treated Joe was shameful and disgusting. Frazier was the better man of the two, I'm glad he gave Ali a beating specially in that first fight.

  • @adamdesanti6713

    @adamdesanti6713

    11 ай бұрын

    Well said.

  • @rameshbhattacharjee4374

    @rameshbhattacharjee4374

    7 ай бұрын

    Ali was delusional, He Lost The First Fight

  • @Chris-ov1et

    @Chris-ov1et

    7 ай бұрын

    Very true 👍

  • @lewa9575

    @lewa9575

    2 ай бұрын

    He definitely had great genetics.

  • @sagathedamsel2950

    @sagathedamsel2950

    2 ай бұрын

    @@lewa9575 I agree. I was just implying that he didn't had the pretty looks of Ali, natural eloquence or gifted talent. He fought through more adversity than Muhammad, including that adversity he had to face because of Ali's bullying, the harassment of his fans; also poverty, and even being mostly blind in one eye early in his career. Despite this, he prevailed, he beat him in that first fight and, for me, he got the moral and spiritual victory in their third encounter by refusing to give up, be willing to die in the ring; his trainer knew this and stopped the fight, while Ali was begging Angelo to stop it for him. Rip Smoking Joe

  • @cheapciggies
    @cheapciggies Жыл бұрын

    Devastating hook, Colossal. The first time I've watched Smokin Joe Fraizer receiving props like this. I feel enlightened. 💯💥💫🥊👍

  • @patnieto4769

    @patnieto4769

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @kenycharles8600

    @kenycharles8600

    6 ай бұрын

    Me , too. The slow motion feature allowed me to watch the exact place where that left fist hit and stunned those victims on the receiving end of the punch. Paralyzing effects instantly resulted. Joe knew exactly where land that shot.

  • @ThrowbackHighlightss
    @ThrowbackHighlightss Жыл бұрын

    Joe Frazier also had some records out as well. Real soulful voice 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ExaltedNthaizm

    @ExaltedNthaizm

    8 ай бұрын

    Oh really what's the names family?😂

  • @ThrowbackHighlightss

    @ThrowbackHighlightss

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ExaltedNthaizm joe frazier if you go stay gone, knockout drop, I forgot the others lol

  • @rnick95
    @rnick95 Жыл бұрын

    I'm proud to know that Smokin Joe came from my home of state South Carolina. He made a name for himself in Philadelphia and I'm sure they're proud of his accomplishments also. One of the toughest men as well as fighters to ever live. His relentless drive , heart , and determination carried him to greatness even after coming from humble beginnings. By all accounts Joe was a good man and what you saw was what he was. No flair , no flaunting , and no faking to be someone other than who he was. He was black America's version of Rocky Marciano much in the way that their bullish styles and devastating punching power overwhelmed opponents and allowed them to impose their will. Joe wasn't 49-0 but he reminded me of Rocky alot. 2 of the greatest heavyweight champions to have ever stepped in the squared circle.. Rest in Peace Champs. ❤️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

  • @sollykhan2385

    @sollykhan2385

    Жыл бұрын

    Rocky Marciano was 'carefully' groomed, avoiding some very big hitters, he refused to fight 'Sonny Liston, and another tough Black fighter, he really fought 'Old men' past their primes, Jersey Joe Wallcot, Joe Louis (near 40 years old at that time,when he was forced to return to the ring purely to gain money for the irs) he took 8 months of training when he became champion, ate meat with Anabolic Steroids, hence his hi tone voice, as his testicles didn't produce Natural testosterone, similarly to Mike Tyson! there is an awful lot of untold truths about certain 'Great Champions' imagine a young George Foreman,or Lennox Lewis, with their dramatic reach, and awesome Punching Power, remember Archie Moore floored Marciano! i think Joe Frazier in the very same physical conditioning of 8th March 1971 against Muhammad Ali, would have beaten pretty much every fighter in the history of that division. R.I.P Joe, 😇

  • @legakattack4771
    @legakattack4771 Жыл бұрын

    My favorite fighter. An unbeatable will and a killer hook. Thanks Joe Vincent!

  • @patnieto4769

    @patnieto4769

    Жыл бұрын

    It was

  • @bastadimasta

    @bastadimasta

    Жыл бұрын

    Unbeatable will! Joe Frazier had several physical disadvantages like the blind eye but his will compensate for all of them. He was the underdog came on top. Smoking Joe is my favorite heavyweight ever.

  • @legakattack4771

    @legakattack4771

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bastadimasta couldn't have said it better!

  • @Corina_June_Cunningham
    @Corina_June_Cunningham Жыл бұрын

    Frazier hurts every time he thinks of Ali. His hostility still rages within. It's a consuming, ugly bitterness he has carried for decades, the result of the hurtful things Ali has said. He insulted his intelligence, his character and his lack of black pride. Ali called Frazier ugly and ignorant and, most disturbingly, an Uncle Tom. Frazier, the son of South Carolina sharecroppers, was deeply wounded by Ali's ridicule which was accepted as socio-political fact and isolated Frazier from the black community. Ali somehow succeeded in making a fight between two African - American men a matter of black and white. Throughout the black community, he was an object of derision and scorn because of the way Ali treated him, it was cruel. The hatred grew intensely within Frazier. He was unable to compete with Ali's eloquence, but he had a left hook that could do the talking for him. Frazier, with loating in his heart and thunder in his Everlast gloves, punished Ali for the things he said. Notice after Ali vs Frazier 1 fight announcers said Frazier was feeling sic in his corner and he just wanted to go back to dressing room. That's because Joe couldn't slow his heart and nervous system back down to a resting state. Joe already had history of high blood pressure and diabetes, he spent nearly two weeks in the hospital for exhaustion, blood pressure, diabetes and kidney problems.. BUT BUT when he was in his 40s Joe was out dancing and singing in the clubs while Ali couldn't talk and his tremors were getting worse. Younger folks haven't a clue what Ali actually did to Joe, let me explain by saying it's exactly like today's Hollywood liberal cancel culture. Frazier hated that Louisville Lip and before the fight he got on his knees and prayed to God that he could make Ali perish. Personally i have to admit, everytime Frazier smacked Ali i cheered, We All Cheered, MILLIONS CHEERED "We locked up three times. He won two, and I won one. But look at him now. I think I won all three." -- Joe Frazier

  • @Corina_June_Cunningham

    @Corina_June_Cunningham

    Жыл бұрын

    Joe Frazier was born January 12, 1944, the twelfth child of Dolly Alston-Frazier and Rubin in Beaufort, South Carolina. He was raised in a rural community of Beaufort called Laurel Bay. Long before he became Smokin' Joe, the future heavyweight champion was known in his South Carolina hometown as "Billy Boy" -- a stocky farmer's son who honed his devastating left hook on a punching bag made from a flour sack stuffed with corn cobs, rags and Spanish moss. By age 6, Frazier was in the fields helping his brothers and sisters pick tomatoes and other crops. He began driving his father's pickup truck when he was 7. His mother would later recall Frazier started to fight around the age of 9. Frazier's father encouraged the brawling, saying he could grow up to be the next Joe Louis, and Frazier started training with whatever materials he had at hand. The fighter later said he gave daily beatings to his homemade punching bag for several years. Frazier was expelled from school in the ninth grade when he fought a white student for calling his mother names. He got a job working construction that helped him build his body and earn enough money to leave the South. In 1959, at age 15, he boarded a Greyhound bus and went to New York to live with his brother. He soon moved to Philadelphia and got a job in a slaughterhouse, where he practiced his punches on sides of meat. He rose to prominence quickly after joining a gym. He turned pro in 1965 after winning an Olympic gold medal in Japan. He fought in some of the most exciting, important and memorable boxing matches in history. He is considered one of boxing's 10 greatest Heavyweight champions ever and is in the International and World Boxing Halls of Fame.

  • @enigma9971

    @enigma9971

    Жыл бұрын

    This makes me not like Ali nearly as much as I did

  • @adamdesanti6713

    @adamdesanti6713

    11 ай бұрын

    It's worse than that. Ali a bunch of times pushed his own nose in and made idiot noises, mocking Joe's wider nose and pretended to be an idiot, when Joe was humble and well-spoken. This was after he helped him get re-instated and gave him money during exile. He was deeply hurt by the put-downs. And he called him and ape and held up a gorilla puppet and sparred with a guy in a gorilla mask. Mocking his darker skin and wider nose, being a darker skinned black. Very cruel, schoolyard bullying. And he preached that he wasn't a real black champion and friend of the white man. I lost all respect for Ali when I watched what he did to Joe in the buildup to their fights.

  • @jayspot4

    @jayspot4

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you for pointing out how cruel Ali was to Frazier after he had helped him and backed him up during his time away from the ring. Ali was not the Greatest

  • @imagineumnomefoda500

    @imagineumnomefoda500

    8 ай бұрын

    Well, in Ali's defense, he did regret the things he did and said.Besides,both he and Frazier continued being good friends after the incident.

  • @ALoneWolfJPC
    @ALoneWolfJPC9 ай бұрын

    May Allah's blessing be upon Smokin Jo and Muhammad Ali, aameen

  • @Corina_June_Cunningham
    @Corina_June_Cunningham Жыл бұрын

    His adopted city of Philadelphia commissioned a statue of a fake heavyweight champion from a movie while ignoring the existence of the real life champion they had in Joe Frazier.

  • @Corina_June_Cunningham

    @Corina_June_Cunningham

    Жыл бұрын

    Joe Frazier was born January 12, 1944, the twelfth child of Dolly Alston-Frazier and Rubin in Beaufort, South Carolina. He was raised in a rural community of Beaufort called Laurel Bay. Long before he became Smokin' Joe, the future heavyweight champion was known in his South Carolina hometown as "Billy Boy" -- a stocky farmer's son who honed his devastating left hook on a punching bag made from a flour sack stuffed with corn cobs, rags and Spanish moss. By age 6, Frazier was in the fields helping his brothers and sisters pick tomatoes and other crops. He began driving his father's pickup truck when he was 7. His mother would later recall Frazier started to fight around the age of 9. Frazier's father encouraged the brawling, saying he could grow up to be the next Joe Louis, and Frazier started training with whatever materials he had at hand. The fighter later said he gave daily beatings to his homemade punching bag for several years. Frazier was expelled from school in the ninth grade when he fought a white student for calling his mother names. He got a job working construction that helped him build his body and earn enough money to leave the South. In 1959, at age 15, he boarded a Greyhound bus and went to New York to live with his brother. He soon moved to Philadelphia and got a job in a slaughterhouse, where he practiced his punches on sides of meat. He rose to prominence quickly after joining a gym. He turned pro in 1965 after winning an Olympic gold medal in Japan. He fought in some of the most exciting, important and memorable boxing matches in history. He is considered one of boxing's 10 greatest Heavyweight champions ever and is in the International and World Boxing Halls of Fame.

  • @DavidJsmith-dk5tf

    @DavidJsmith-dk5tf

    Жыл бұрын

    ​​@@Corina_June_Cunningham Sure thing , I read his biography too. Thanks for your tribute; from a big admirer of Smokin Joe.

  • @sollykhan2385

    @sollykhan2385

    Жыл бұрын

    Which proves the Bigotry and deep Racial Bias, the White establishment get like a volcanic meltdown when a genuine Talent comes along, and if he happens to be slightly unwelcome in their Bigoted Mindset, then they will resort to any measure to redress the anomaly, even with Fake make believe actors to present a convoluted and warped historical event! Shameless Devils, imagine it was the other way round, we'd all be in the Lunatic Asylums due to non stop propaganda ! 🤔🥺

  • @williespellman1686

    @williespellman1686

    10 ай бұрын

    @@DavidJsmith-dk5tf a]1e@q, please⁰⁰

  • @johnmagan7266

    @johnmagan7266

    8 ай бұрын

    That was so disrespectful to Joe Frazier.

  • @TheCypher93
    @TheCypher93 Жыл бұрын

    Joe had one of the coolest forms to me. The way he constantly dinked and ducked and never tried to keep his head in the same spot. He's a very aesthetically pleasing boxer to watch. Combined with the fact that he couldn't see out of his left eye and couldn't straighten his left arm from a farm accident makes him my favorite boxer. He was also a class act ringside.

  • @anjham
    @anjham9 ай бұрын

    His left hook was a thing of beauty. Just so fluid

  • @Conscious_Pookie_Tee2.7

    @Conscious_Pookie_Tee2.7

    9 ай бұрын

    I see where Cus & Tyson got it from

  • @patlucas8227
    @patlucas8227 Жыл бұрын

    the most humble man to ever step in a boxing ring...

  • @eukalypta
    @eukalypta Жыл бұрын

    as a little girl i was so in love with this hansome gentle giant...i cried when he lost to ali...i still can get sad when i think of how ali treated joe after joe helped him...

  • @LTD538

    @LTD538

    2 ай бұрын

    Well, when both were in their prime, Frazier won. Ill take that as a win for Frazier, even if he later lost twice when Ali and Frazier were in their prime Frazier whooped Ali’s ass

  • @blackamericandestroyergod1957

    @blackamericandestroyergod1957

    2 ай бұрын

    Always an anti black racist to destroy the black nationalist 🛑

  • @Mr.CEO888
    @Mr.CEO888 Жыл бұрын

    There is no better crown in sports than undisputed HEAVYWEIGHT champion of the world. Congrats! Smokin Joe

  • @sausawamberto147
    @sausawamberto147 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly felt a bit heartbroken by the way Ali treated Joe. You could argue that it was promotion and business but you just don't do that, especially because Joe gave him a helping hand in times of need.

  • @benjaminwilliams6750
    @benjaminwilliams67509 ай бұрын

    The problem with Joe frazer is that he is that boxer who kept coming at you like a bee so it is extremely difficult for his opponents to overcome him. Both Joe frazer and sonny Liston were such a brutal and devastating punchers😂❤

  • @jacktheripoff1888
    @jacktheripoff1888 Жыл бұрын

    I saw on some other doccumentary that Frazier was hospitalized for so long after the '71 Ali fight mainly because his blood pressure was dangerously high. Appearantly high blood pressure was something he struggled with even in his physcial prime. It was as if he made a deal with fate. He gave it all in '71 for victory at the expense of his future career afterward. But remember him for his years from 1965-71 as boxing's hardest working and overachieving champion the sport ever saw. Undersized, legally blind in one eye, and unjustly vilified by many for circumstances he had nothing to do with, he made it to the top at the sports most epic moment.

  • @Cdub177

    @Cdub177

    Ай бұрын

    If you watch that first fight the announcer says Joe is sick and people block him from the camera. Ali is seen multiple times but Frazier remained hidden and he had to be escorted out because he couldn't walk back to the dressing room. Joe left it all in the ring that night to beat Ali.

  • @Itotallyagreewithu
    @Itotallyagreewithu Жыл бұрын

    I'm a simple man, I see Joseph Vincent, I click. Another master piece

  • @J-D-A-W-G
    @J-D-A-W-G Жыл бұрын

    YESSIR! One of the greatest ever with a incredible heart. His left hook was devastating. Would love to see you do one of the Klitschko brothers next. Both were amazing in the 2000’s and 2010’s, especially vitali klitschko

  • @OldSchoolBoxing1

    @OldSchoolBoxing1

    Жыл бұрын

    Great shout, would love to see one of the Klitschko's have a video or Naz or Nigel Benn.

  • @MysterCannabis
    @MysterCannabis11 ай бұрын

    I was in a semi slumber. 6 beers and two large pasta bowls in. Almost dozing off. By the end of this I was at the edge of my seat, it's like it pulled me back into reality. Crazy good work!

  • @equilibrium_69
    @equilibrium_69 Жыл бұрын

    "Smokin' Joe Frazier, sharp as a razor" A great champion and one of the best to ever do it. Glad to see people appreciate his greatness, thanks for the video.

  • @kyriakos7312
    @kyriakos7312 Жыл бұрын

    one of the most underrated boxers ever

  • @stevenx2523
    @stevenx2523 Жыл бұрын

    The first Frazier/Ali fight is such a masterclass. He goes toe to toe with Ali all the way and outmanouvered a man nobody could outmanouver. And even in defeat the Thrilla in Manilla is one of the classic fights every boxing fan must see. I believe Joe would have died in the ring if that's what it took to stop him. The way Ali treated him at the time was disgusting, full stop. Some of the shit he said about Joe back in the day was miles over the line.

  • @ibrahimzainaldein2106
    @ibrahimzainaldein2106 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly , I always have wanted you to make a career documentary about Joe Fraizer , Joe was underrated , lived in the shadows of boxing but he was honest , straight forward as a sword , tough as nails , the only boxer to stand toe to toe with Ali , an inspirational boxer and a true warrior , Thank you sir for this outstanding documentary

  • @jdmmike7225
    @jdmmike7225 Жыл бұрын

    One of my all time favorite boxers to watch. One of if not the best left hooks to ever be seen by mankind. His indomitable will is a inspiration to all people. Great video dude 🤙

  • @Yoteyawezekana
    @Yoteyawezekana8 ай бұрын

    No human is limited. Joe you a great one

  • @sijrichters
    @sijrichters Жыл бұрын

    Another great video! Joe could have won Thrilla in Manila. Another documentary revealed that Ali was about to quit the fight but Joe's corner stopped it first. Truly one of the all time greats! May he rest in peace.

  • @gpowellish1

    @gpowellish1

    10 ай бұрын

    True, Ali admitted it himself.

  • @axe2373
    @axe2373 Жыл бұрын

    Joe vs Ali sparked my love for boxing since I ever heard of em both. It's such a legendary rivalry in sports

  • @klnine
    @klnine9 ай бұрын

    What an era, Ali, Frazier Foreman

  • @IRONFIST540
    @IRONFIST540 Жыл бұрын

    Bro amazing!!!! This channel is without a doubt the best for sports documentaries. I've waited so long for a Joe Frazier one and you came through.

  • @shakethatduck3850
    @shakethatduck3850 Жыл бұрын

    Clicked on this video as soon as I saw it. I love Joe Frazier as he is the boxer that I saw that got me into boxing.

  • @brianheintz9912
    @brianheintz99126 ай бұрын

    I've watched that left hook a hundred times, and it's still beautiful

  • @bamgbose3309
    @bamgbose3309 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mr. Joseph Vincent for another banger video! I just recently discovered my love for the sport of boxing after watching years of MMA. You educate me about these legendary boxers like no one else could, I imagine. Your work is very much appreciated!

  • @sollykhan2385
    @sollykhan2385 Жыл бұрын

    The physical condition that Joe Frazier possessed on that fateful day of March 8th 1971 against Muhammad Ali in the 'Fight of the Century ' was possibly the very Best that i have ever seen, in that very same physical conditioning, i feel he could have kicked ass with anyone in the History of Boxing, including Joe Louis, Marciano, Dempsey, etc,,they would have all wilted under that same bombardment , his left Hook was Legendary. R.I.P Joe,,were gona miss you 😇

  • @njoguszn
    @njoguszn Жыл бұрын

    I love this, smoking joe is just unstoppable and he’s often forgotten by some and this does him justice. And I greatly appreciate every single one of your documentaries which you make which are top tier and brilliant to watch.Keep it up man I’ll be watching your content for a while ❤

  • @genotothebeno
    @genotothebeno9 ай бұрын

    That Ivan drago “ I must break you” in the video when Frazier and foreman faced off in the ring had me dying 😂😂

  • @rmorenochannel
    @rmorenochannel8 ай бұрын

    Finally a Joe Frazier video my favorite boxer. Thank you so much.

  • @zmo1ndone502
    @zmo1ndone502 Жыл бұрын

    Yooo Joe Frazier is one of my favorite fighters.ever since I watched his fights with Ali I fell in love with his style. He's a Brawler but he also has excellent timing, anticipation, head movement, bobbing and weaving and most importantly the most effective left hook I've ever seen. Literally a guy who could beat a lot of ppl with 1 hand tied behind his back with just that left hook and jab. Just amazing

  • @connoisseur9069
    @connoisseur9069 Жыл бұрын

    Been waiting on this one for a long time 🥊🔥 Smokin Joe was a incredible champion in and outside of the ring. He is one of my hero’s and a true inspiration 🙏 Great video as always 🔥

  • @patrickbrowne4606
    @patrickbrowne46069 ай бұрын

    One of the very best, Joe Frazier.

  • @thegoat6116
    @thegoat6116 Жыл бұрын

    i'v been waiting for a joe frazier episode for years now, thank you so much for uploading this documentary🙏

  • @ibnsabeel9466
    @ibnsabeel9466 Жыл бұрын

    I’m a sixties baby and I remember the men in my family going crazy about the rivalry between Ali & Frazier. The left hook kings of my lifetime are Joe Frazier, Tommy Morrison and David Tua. Smokin Joe’s body attack is seldom mentioned in the same breath when his left hook is being extolled. His steady and vicious attack to his opponents’ midsection would soften them up for his lethal left hook.

  • @poopool_Q
    @poopool_Q Жыл бұрын

    Every time you release a video, I know what I'm doing for an hour. Thanks for these masterpieces

  • @nicholasjohnson6724
    @nicholasjohnson6724 Жыл бұрын

    Smokin Joe, Ali, Norton, Foreman, Ron Lyle, Quarrie the glory days of heavyweights. Tough, tough, tough.....

  • @heybro6105
    @heybro6105 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your service, Joseph Vincent.

  • @cameronberry1190
    @cameronberry1190 Жыл бұрын

    Another amazing documentary by Joe Vincent! And finally it's on my favorite boxer of all time Joe Frazier! Please do one next on Floyd Patterson 😁

  • @montyrayza7220
    @montyrayza7220 Жыл бұрын

    That is the closest George Chuvalo came to being KO'd yet he was still on his feet saying "what the fuck why did you stop it" ... the man was and always will be unstoppable.

  • @kenlipson8686
    @kenlipson8686 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant as always!!!! Nobody brings it home like Joe Vincent!!!!!

  • @ericnox2069
    @ericnox2069 Жыл бұрын

    Glorious. I have been waiting for this one. A great fighter needed a great documentary.

  • @BodyPuncher20s
    @BodyPuncher20s Жыл бұрын

    Joe is definitely 1of my favorites of all time.. a rugged aggressive pitbull with a huge heart

  • @msdhoni4954
    @msdhoni4954 Жыл бұрын

    Wow another classic from the legend ✨

  • @zionnewkirk4838
    @zionnewkirk4838 Жыл бұрын

    I feel so blessed to watch these videos from Joe Vincent! He never lets us down, and is always incredibly consistent!!🔥🔥🔥

  • @harvelle1
    @harvelle1 Жыл бұрын

    This was great Mr. Vincent! Thank you!

  • @timothyloew914
    @timothyloew914 Жыл бұрын

    Please do one on Anderson Silva. You’re videos are absolutely legendary and need more attention. Sole of the clips you find are nuts. As a long time fan that binge watches the fighting ones, please do one on the spider

  • @officielEP
    @officielEP Жыл бұрын

    History is unfair to this man, his name should be up there with best to ever to do it. Rest in Power Smoking Joe! Forever a champ!

  • @henryharrison437

    @henryharrison437

    Ай бұрын

    They were all champs not the chumps these days tyson fury etc not even good enough to lace their boots 😊

  • @AlLinYT
    @AlLinYT Жыл бұрын

    The amount of sports knowledge I have gained by watching Joseph Vincent over the last 6+ years is insane. I absolutely love your edits and you’re one of the very few people on KZread that does an amazing job and that’s an understatement. Keep doing what you’re doing I really love what you do and I always look forward to your next new video

  • @MajinBLJ
    @MajinBLJ Жыл бұрын

    *BOOM PERFECT TIMING* 💨

  • @thegoat6116
    @thegoat6116 Жыл бұрын

    people forget that joe frazier won the fight of the century by defeating the greatest fighter that ever lived🥊

  • @nokeychristian9849
    @nokeychristian9849 Жыл бұрын

    Love your docs Joe. I also enjoy the music you incorporate into the docs. Thanks man 👍

  • @mightyabdullah-el3401
    @mightyabdullah-el3401 Жыл бұрын

    Yessss!🔥💪🏾🥊💚 I been waiting on it and dis was a mighty!! Video Joseph Nbs one of my top five favorite fighter’s of all time 💯 thaGREAT “smokin Joe”🥊🔥💨

  • @boltactiongamer6775
    @boltactiongamer6775 Жыл бұрын

    He deserves all the love the world has to offer.

  • @IrishTechnicalThinker
    @IrishTechnicalThinker Жыл бұрын

    "If God ever began the Apocalypse, I would want Joe Frazier by my side." Muhammad Ali.

  • @rubenalvarez6830
    @rubenalvarez6830 Жыл бұрын

    Joe Vincent does it again, another great documentary on one of my late grandad's favorite boxer "Smoking" Joe Frazier!! Thank you for this!!

  • @jopo7996
    @jopo7996 Жыл бұрын

    Great job documenting this legend. Thanks.

  • @felicecancellara4524
    @felicecancellara4524 Жыл бұрын

    The toughest and kindest champion of all time!

  • @candymanGR7
    @candymanGR7 Жыл бұрын

    For Ali fans (not his boxing fans) . Show or not...Jokes or not. Or whatever the new generation that looks up to Ali as the prototype of SJW in sports,t hinks he was doing , the slurs and stereotypes he used for Joe had an impact on those who heard the or read them. They were unacceptable , inexcusable and demeaning .

  • @GanlodoAnAfrikanMaroonMonarchy

    @GanlodoAnAfrikanMaroonMonarchy

    Ай бұрын

    I agree. I try to say this but you can't say nothing to people who make athletes out of messiahs

  • @servantsmith4589

    @servantsmith4589

    18 күн бұрын

    People don't understand the time in which those words were said..ALI WAS WRONG FOR THAT

  • @oldsailor65
    @oldsailor659 ай бұрын

    I don't think Joe was ever the same after his first fight with Ali.

  • @twinscoupe
    @twinscoupe Жыл бұрын

    Gawd damn . Fantastic edit on this man . Thank you !!

  • @ativamrod09
    @ativamrod09 Жыл бұрын

    wayne gretzky someday would be cool

  • @RobRivShowsLive01
    @RobRivShowsLive01 Жыл бұрын

    Rest In Peace Champ!!!

  • @n.harmonvilla7648
    @n.harmonvilla76482 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the vid! Cheers!

  • @goncalocorreia1448
    @goncalocorreia1448 Жыл бұрын

    True legend, one of the best ever without a doubt. Another great video from GOAT Joseph Vincent 🙏🔥👑

  • @thisisengland3503
    @thisisengland3503 Жыл бұрын

    Ali is obviously a great fighter but the way he treated joe after how he helped him even lending him money to turn on him like he did must have really hurt joe and for that reason Ali has gone down in my estimation

  • @cubencis
    @cubencis Жыл бұрын

    I love this legend. Underrated and humble as ever

  • @dhruvgoel5469
    @dhruvgoel5469 Жыл бұрын

    finally you made an joe fraizer doc ive been waiting for it for soo longg

  • @nickharmer3049
    @nickharmer3049 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely first class. Really good work & truly appreciated. Bless up bro 👊

  • @c-57d55
    @c-57d557 ай бұрын

    Excellent documentary!! Great intercutting of rare powerful knockout stills! Great work!!

  • @willnichols6246
    @willnichols62468 ай бұрын

    Great documentary. I really enjoyed the chronological look into Joe Frazier’s amazing career.

  • @kevinpritchard5765
    @kevinpritchard5765 Жыл бұрын

    He was a class act even when he was being torn apart mentally by a man he considered a friend, he would never let it beat him mentally. Great fighter may he rest in peace.

  • @toddsmotucha1285

    @toddsmotucha1285

    Жыл бұрын

    Joe let it beat him mentally,point blank.He took it to the grave.

  • @user-py5kg4yw1r

    @user-py5kg4yw1r

    Жыл бұрын

    Лучше-бы трамваем их переехали чем в его руки попали 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼🙈👍🏼😂😂😂😂😂🔝💡✅🥂🏋️‍♂️🎩🦉🙏🙏🙏👏

  • @DWish808
    @DWish808 Жыл бұрын

    Finally, another great video from Joseph "Boom, perfect timing!" Vincent!

  • @samanthamorrison5937
    @samanthamorrison5937 Жыл бұрын

    @Joseph Vincent at it again with another Fantastic Boxing Documentary, thank you for your continue work into these wonderful vids on You tube always the highlight of my days.

  • @grims9564
    @grims9564 Жыл бұрын

    The most underrated Boxing Channel in youtube history!

  • @anthonyf1646
    @anthonyf1646 Жыл бұрын

    I been waiting for this one right here!! Vincent is the Goat

  • @lwwarren9485
    @lwwarren9485 Жыл бұрын

    Can never say it enough Thanks again Joseph Vincent!

  • @Not-you-again
    @Not-you-again Жыл бұрын

    Really appreciate your effort behind these videos man! Top quality and its always very impressive! Bravo 👏🏽🔥🔥

  • @catalinconstantin8080
    @catalinconstantin80808 ай бұрын

    Thank you for showing us moments in time that some of us didnt live. I was born in the 80 s and the only boxer i saw was Mike. But before him, Fraiser,Ali, Foreman were born. True legends. A very good short movie I can say and for this I thank you again my friend

  • @radamezprince3505
    @radamezprince3505 Жыл бұрын

    Another Classic, Thank You for This!!

  • @greyinghawk
    @greyinghawk Жыл бұрын

    This is the golden era of boxing. This is when I fell in love with boxing.

  • @david-james8454
    @david-james8454 Жыл бұрын

    I’m sure another 🔥 doc. Thanks for continually providing top notch stuff

  • @timothybright7064
    @timothybright70645 ай бұрын

    Yo thanks for this Upload! I haven't seen That much on Frazier except through Ali. Good Video!

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