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Srebmun wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:

Though granberry claimed photos such as these are "hidden" "banned" and "unavailable" I find them easily accessible. And a testament to what only one man ever accomplished. Defeating Ali in, or close to his prime.

Ali was far from his prime surely when he fought Joe the first time. :??

Save it for another thread, why don't ya!!

Srebmun wrote:

The Great John L wrote:

Srebmun wrote:Ali was far from his prime surely when he fought Joe the first time. :??

Please, let's not go there in this thread. Joe was a great fighter with a great career, the highlight of which was beating Ali in the FOTC.

It was a question - I wasn't knocking or anything, thus the question mark, I love Frazier and everything about him as a fighter. A thread is a thread is a thread and it was a valid question to a pretty solid statement.

And bad form is bad form is bad form.

raylawpc wrote:

Srebmun wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote: Though granberry claimed photos such as these are "hidden" "banned" and "unavailable" I find them easily accessible. And a testament to what only one man ever accomplished. Defeating Ali in, or close to his prime.

Ali was far from his prime surely when he fought Joe the first time. :??

Save it for another thread, why don't ya!!

R.I.P. Champion.

R.I.P. Joe Frazier. A true Champion.

They don't make em like you any more Joe.


(And God knows if they did, then Heavyweight boxing would have no worries).

Livingstone Cole wrote:You've been sadly missed, Eric. How's things?

Not to pollute the RIP JF thread, but thanks for the thought, LC. I expect it's a familiar tale - Life, work and the alas-sorry state of boxing have ended my days as a regular here. Plus it's painful to see my boy Roy still trying to pull a last bit of magic out of the old hat, and the inevitable "Pleaes retire, RJJ. Now."threads that follow. Quite a comedown from the glory days. Interesting to see Roy's old nemesis B-Hop achieving Archie-Moore-like freakish-longevity-at-the-top status, though.

Anyhoo, rarely get over here anymore unless some old great dies (this thread) or something genuinely odd or interesting happens. Today I just came over because I caught a smidge of Solo Boxeo on TV last night, and they ended by saying next week would feature Pastrana vs Escalante, which had me thinking "What, they're gonna have a rematch?" and "Mauricio P's still fighting at his age?" According to the BoxRec schedule, looks like it's a re-air of their several-years-old fight, mercifully. That was a really entertaining bout, so I'll probably watch it, even in rerun mode. Oh, almost forgot: "Please retire, Mauricio. Now".

Note that I don't consider whatever the latest excuse is for Pacquiao and Mayweather to not fight each other as being in the category of "interesting". Both those guys are fighting weeks apart this coming summer, both vs "TBA" (whatever the hell that means), but of course not against each other. That captures the state of the sport as well as anything, alas.

And now, let's return to the Smokin' Joe tributes. :)

Who do you suppose Joe was itching to face once he got to the Gates?

I'm guessin' he went lookin' for Eddie straight away.

yancey wrote:The purest warrior I've ever seen in the ring.

Great person, too.

Loved listening to him talk...I have his book on boxing and boxing nutrition....Joe didnt hold back on what he thought thats for sure....tough tough man and one of the greatest HW champs of all time.

Goodnight, Irene wrote:Who do you suppose Joe was itching to face once he got to the Gates?

As I said the day after he died, I think he went for Louis. Frazier creamed #2, why not go for the big dog?

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Goodnight, Irene wrote:Who do you suppose Joe was itching to face once he got to the Gates?

As I said the day after he died, I think he went for Louis. Frazier creamed #2, why not go for the big dog?