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Frazier vs. Foreman: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Joe Frazier (Smokin' Joe Frazier) defends his heavyweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts against George Foreman (Big George). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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29
Aug 16, 1965
29-0
5
25 (86.2%)
182 cm
185 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
May 25, 1972
7m, 28d
29
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
24
Jun 23, 1969
37-0
0
34 (91.9%)
191 cm
199 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Oct 10, 1972
3m, 12d
37
WBAWBCTheRing
HV
w1
d4
HV
w1
d4
HV
w1
d2
heavyweight
Monday, 22 Jan 1973
National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica
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Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman I

Date

This fight between Joe Frazier and George Foreman took place on at the National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, George Foreman is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Joe Frazier is 182 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 199 cm, Foreman also has a significant reach advantage of 14 cms over Frazier's 185 cm. On top of that, Foreman also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Frazier.

Frazier is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 29-0 (25 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 28 days ago against Ron Stander, which he won via 4th round RTD.

Foreman also comes in with an undefeated record of 37-0 (34 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 12 days ago against Terry Sorrell, which he won via 2nd round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Frazier will be 29 years old. Foreman will be 24 years old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of George Foreman. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Frazier vs Foreman.

A very close matchup, could go either way. George Foreman may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Frazier stops Foreman early.

Result

George Foreman defeated Joe Frazier via 2nd round TKO to win the WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles. Frazier's undefeated record of 29 wins comes to an end, and Foreman advances his win streak to 38. Foreman is now 38-0, and Frazier 29-1.

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