Joe Frazier fights for his life

[B. Goren.]

This is very sad news.

[Chalupa]

R.I.P. Smokin' Joe. Philly loves ya.

[GA Russell]

RIP Smokin' Joe. Does anybody remember the after shave commercial where he slaps it on and knocks himself out?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/joe-frazier-dies-from-liver-cancer/article2228739/

[Cali]

R.I.P. Smokin' Joe, Philadelphia's real "Rocky".

[alocispepraluger102]

joe never recovered from those ali prefight insults.

the sore closed, but there was that big scab, very near the surface.

RIP, CHAMP

--liver cancer is a horrible sentence--

i've seen it up close, twice.

[PHILLYQ]

Love Ali but hate what he did to Frazier. Frazier was an honorable man in a world very short of honorable people. RIP to a true champion in and out of the ring.

[B. Goren.]

Love Ali but hate what he did to Frazier. Frazier was an honorable man in a world very short of honorable people. RIP to a true champion in and out of the ring.

I could not put my thoughts better than you. RIP Mr. Fraizer.

[Jazzmoose]

I just watched the first Frazier-Ali fight for the first time; I'd been saving it. I have to thank Frazier for teaching me a valuable life lesson with that victory as I lost $2 on that fight on a $1 weekly allowance (hey, it was seventh grade!). Cured me of extravagant betting...

Edited November 9, 2011 by Jazzmoose

[Quincy]

Love Ali but hate what he did to Frazier. Frazier was an honorable man in a world very short of honorable people. RIP to a true champion in and out of the ring.

In a weird case of timing over past 2 months I've watched 5 boxing related DVDs from the library, all of which involved Joe as they were all Ali-related. Watched the 1st fight which I had only seen once long ago and the Thrilla In Manila for probably the 4th time. As a kid I laughed at Ali's taunts but many of them this time around were tough to watch. There wasn't as much cleverness in them as I thought there was.

Youtube has scads of fight clips btw. One night I played a form of tag. Find a fight (or clip) with Ernie Shavers, then follow up with his opponent. If you really have time to kill you can circle it all back to the original fighter of interest between the likes of Frazier, Ali, Norton, Lyle, Young, etc.

[Dave James]

Perhaps the finest article ever written about the third Ali Frazier fight. It was penned by Sports Illustrated beat writer Mark Kram. This, my friends, is what truly great sports writing is all about.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005750/index.htm