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The Bar => Sports => Topic started by: thundley4 on November 07, 2011, 10:31:10 PM
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PHILADELPHIA -- Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat yet had to live forever in his shadow, died Monday night after a brief final fight with liver cancer. He was 67.
The family issued a release confirming the boxer's death.
Frazier, who took on Ali in three momentous fights in the 1970s - including the epic "Thrilla in Manilla" - had been under home hospice care after being diagnosed just weeks ago with the cancer that took his life, a family friend said. Until then, Frazier had been doing regular autograph appearances, including one in Las Vegas in September.
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/07/2491713/family-frazier-dies-after-fight.html#ixzz1d5LVBere
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Smokin' Joe was a helluva fighter in his day and was a lot more reserved than Clay/Ali.
Rest in Peace, Joe. The final bell has rung. :thumbs:
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Smokin' Joe was a helluva fighter in his day and was a lot more reserved than Clay/Ali.
Rest in Peace, Joe. The final bell has rung. :thumbs:
He could generate tremendous power punches and had good enough quickness to beat almost any on any given day.
More of a gentleman in his pinkie than Cassius Clay ever had in his whole body.
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Not gonna post any Cossell quotes.
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RIP, Joe. When there was one heavyweight champion.
Ali did release a complimentary statement, so I'll give him that.