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Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" Less than two minutes into the fight, Foreman stunned Frazier with a series of punches and then sent him down to the canvas with a right uppercut. Frazier was able to get back up but Foreman would continue his dominance and with seventeen seconds left in the round, Foreman caught Frazier with an uppercut ...
When Foreman knocked Frazier to the mat the first of six times, roughly two minutes into the first round, Cosell yelled out: Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! His call of Frazier's first trip to the mat became one of the most quoted phrases in American sports broadcasting history.
In ABC's rebroadcast, Howard Cosell made the memorable call, "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" Before the fight, Frazier was 29–0 (25 KO) and Foreman was 37–0 (34 KO). Frazier was knocked down six times by Foreman within two rounds (the three-knockdown rule was not in effect for this bout).
When Foreman knocked Frazier to the mat the first of six times, roughly two minutes into the first round, Cosell yelled out: Down Goes Frazier! Down Goes Frazier! Down Goes Frazier! His call of Frazier's first trip to the mat became one of the most quoted phrases in American sports broadcasting history.
The most well–known call comes from Guardians radio announcer Tom Hamilton, who exclaimed "Down Goes Anderson!", emulating the style used by boxing broadcaster Howard Cosell in 1973 as George Foreman knocked down Joe Frazier: [5]
Michael Spinks lasted just 91 seconds and Marvis Frazier survived just 30 seconds. "He doesn't want to go the long route,'' Joe Cortez, who refereed Tyson's last pro fight , against Kevin McBride ...
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Joseph William Frazier (January 12, 1944 – November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981. Widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, he was known for his strength, durability, formidable left hand, and relentless pressure fighting style and was the first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali.