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11-08-2011, 01:30 AM
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Best fight ever, Ali/frazier, manila.
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11-08-2011, 01:41 AM
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Ali was The Greatest. He had Smokin' Joe outclassed talent-wise, but as far as just pure class, Smokin' Joe wins in a unanimous decision. Ali acted like a cruel child in the way he taunted Joe out of the ring.
RIP Smokin' Joe.
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11-08-2011, 01:51 AM
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RIP Smokin' Joe
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11-08-2011, 07:22 AM
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Boxing and America has lost a great one. After the Frazier, Ali, Foreman, Norton, and Holmes era, boxing went from the greatest show on earth to a freak show.
Thank you Joe.
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11-08-2011, 07:39 AM
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Absolutely true. That was one helluva fight. Unbelievable.
Frazier exemplified "heart" -- a great, great boxer.
RIP.
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11-08-2011, 08:21 AM
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Those Ali- Frazier fights were among the absolute best heavyweight bouts of all time. I met Ali on 5th. Ave in NY back in the 1970's. He was a really big guy, like a refrigerator with feet! He was very nice, very polite and friendly. But I have to say I alway's rooted for Smokin' Joe, even when he later fought (and lost) to George Foreman. Joe Frazier had a left hook that could rip your head off.
A friend of mine bumped into Joe in Philly a couple years ago, literally. The Champ wasn't a very good driver in his later years, and his car collided with my friends at an intersection a couple of blocks from Frazier's gym. It was a very minor fender bender....I said, "But hell man, you got to meet Smokin' Joe Frazier and will have that story to tell forever." He wasn't a finesse fighter like Ali, but man he was all about bringing it to his opponent. RIP Champ!
Cheers;
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11-08-2011, 04:09 PM
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RIP Smokin' Joe, you will always be the Champ, by any standard to me.
I guess for many years Joe held a grudge against Ali for the way he "teased" and made Joe look like a smuck but had recently made up with Ali and forgiven all.
A sad day.
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11-08-2011, 04:54 PM
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You'll probably want to turn the sound down, but watch at about 2:30 to see the left hook heard 'round the world.... and by Ali. 
joe frazier highlights - YouTube
RIP Joe
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Joe never backed down. Always attacked. God rest his soul.
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11-09-2011, 01:07 AM
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I would like to add that Joe was also a real gentleman outside the ring. I have heard storys about him stopping to help people on the side of the road and other things like that.
An all around good guy.
Rest in peace Champ.
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11-09-2011, 01:22 AM
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smokin joe.............one of the all time greats
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11-09-2011, 08:00 AM
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For you old timers, and for you youngsters who don't know what we are talkin' about, the Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier Thrilla in Manila 1975 - YouTube
Been reading the obits. Joe at one point said something like, "Where would I be without Ali? But also, where would Ali be without me." So true.
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