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RIP Joe Frazier

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 5, 2011.

  1. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

  2. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

  3. Second Thoughts

    Second Thoughts Active Member

    A champion boxer overshadowed by Ali. RIP Smokin' Joe.
     
  4. finishthehat

    finishthehat Active Member

    And James Taylor and his band got tickets because MSG had to reschedule their concert, according to a documentary I saw. Taylor laughed about how bad the tickets were that they got.
     
  5. Fly

    Fly Well-Known Member

    One thing I've learned over the years is to never question Huggy's knowledge of boxing and porn history.

    He doesn't know jack-shit about junior hockey, however.

    RIP Smokin' Joe. Another childhood icon down.
     
  6. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Smokin' Joe was lots of things: great heavyweight champ, trainer, song and dance man, commercial pitchman etc. What he wasn't was a swimmer. Here are the swimming heats from the 1973 Superstars, some memories here for those of us of a certain vintage.

     
  7. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    I don't remember Joe partying.
    As for Futch throwing in the towel, he did the right thing. He just threw it in BEFORE Ali quit.
     
  8. J.T. Pinch

    J.T. Pinch New Member

    Overlooked is the fact that Ali had been inactive from the ring for three and a half years leading up to the first Frazier fight. A full four years had elapsed since Ali had last fought for the heavyweight title due to his suspension from boxing. Drafted into the Army nine months shy of this 26th birthday, Ali was at the time, in the prime of his boxing life and just beginning to reach the pinnacle of his athletic prowess. After dominating the seemingly invincible Sonny Liston a second time, many fight fans claimed Ali was the greatest heavyweight ever. The quickness and speed that were Ali's hallmarks ("he couldn't have been hit with a bucket of birdseed.") were severally compromised by the layoff. I don't think it is a stretch to say that had Ali been allowed to continue his career uninterrupted, that Joe Frazier wouldn't have stood a chance against him.
     
  9. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Yeah, that's a shame.

    That Ted Williams guy might have put up some numbers too if not for his military service.
     
  10. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Coulda, woulda and shoulda isn't in the dictionary. Fact is the Ali-Frazier triology was classic.
     
  11. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Best possible response.
     
  12. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    Read Kram, Brunt, Liebling, Remnick, Sugar, whoever.

    This is the final word:

    http://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/classic-biofile-remembering-smokin-joe-frazier-1944-2011/
     
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