On January 22, 1973, Joe Frazier (29-0, 25 KOs), the undisputed heavyweight world champion, holding the WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts, defends his undisputed championship against fellow American challenger, George Foreman (37-0, 34 KOs).
Joe Frazier is coming in to the fight on a 29-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round RTD victory over Ron Stander, 7 months and 28 days ago. George Foreman is on a 37-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Terry Sorrell, 3 months and 12 days ago.
The winning odds are at 57.7-42.3 in favor of Joe Frazier. George Foreman could also pull it off but he will have to put up a truly exceptional fight if he is to win.
George Foreman made very easy work of Joe Frazier, stopping the champion via TKO in the 2nd. Foreman improves his record to 38-0 (35 KOs), while Frazier adds a loss to his record at 29-1.