Joe Frazier Vietnam Question

[We Wuz Robbed]

We all know why Ali didn't go to fight in Vietnam.
But how the hell did Frazier get out of it?

How did he avoid registering? Or did he?
I know he had hearing problems. Was he 4F for his hearing?

I've been asking around, yet no definitive answer has been given.
Anyone know for sure?

[dws]

I don't know for sure but he was probably the only support for his wife and kids.

[-KOKid-]

True. I recently read Frazier's bio and he writes in it that he wasn't called up because he had a wife and children to support. Ali didn't have any kids when he got his draft notice.
Frazier went on to say that he would have gone to Vietnam without asking any questions if he got called up, and spends a lot of pages badmouthing Ali throughout the book "Smokin' Joe". At first I thought it was interesting to hear Frazier speak of how he felt about Ali's taunting, but it got tiresome after a few pages. Outside of that, "Smokin' Joe" is a recommended read. I was left with a different impression of the man than I had got through the media and other stories of him.

-KOKid-

[BoxBuzz]

I would say I beleive him when he says he would go. But any answer is easy when you did not face the question with the real consequences.

[We Wuz Robbed]

Thanks for the answers.

[tagjohnson]

The same question might be asked of George Foreman.

[BoxBuzz]

Indeed. Or of half of us here at Box Rec

[KOJOE90]

The same question might be asked of George Foreman.

Just a guess but maybe it was becausehe was in that 'Jobs Corps' organisation? Also Foreman has a few children maybe he also had a kid in the late 60's early 70's??

[Sweet Scientist]

Indeed. Or of half of us here at Box Rec

...maybe, more than half...

[BoxBuzz]

Hmm Job Corps and Peace Corps were considered alternative paths to military service at that time so I I think our moderator has the Big George question capped.