Celebrity Ideas: Joe Frazier

Smokin Joe Frazier

In a bout billed the immovable object vs the irresistible force, Joe Frazier proved to be both, as he dispatched of Evander Holyfield, in 4 punishing rounds of pugilism, winning by TKO with 15 seconds remaining in the fourth round.

Everyone has a plan until they get hit, Evander Holyfield had a plan, it involved a stiff left jab and lots of lateral movement, and that plan won him the first round on all three judges score cards. It was what happened in the second round at 2:43 of that round to be precise, Smokin Joe Frazier began a left hook in Philadelphia, and landed it on the strip, in Las Vegas Nevada.

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Smokin Joe Frazier

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Pure Joe Frazier. Ali treated Frazier badly when they were fighting, and Joe never forgot the slights. I don't think they ever fully made up, although Joe said recently, "I forgave him. He's in a bad way."

Now Joe Frazier is dead and Ali is a shell of himself, a victim of Parkinson's disease.

They fought three wars (Ali won two), the last one being the "Thrilla in Manila" in 1976. As Frazier was protesting he wanted to go out for the 15th and final round, Frazier's trainer Eddie Futch stopped the fight in Frazier's corner. Ali was so exhausted, that when he heard the fight was over, he collapsed to the canvas. Ali said it was the closest he ever came to dying. Both fighters were immediately rushed to the hospital after the fight