Just got off the phone with Joe Frazier...

[Squabbles94806]

Let me tell you, it was truly an amazing experience. He was very clear and lucid in his speech. It's rare to hear boxers from that era who are completely clear in the way that they talk.

I started off by thanking him for the opportunity to speak with him and called him Mr. Frazier. He told me to call him "Smoke" so I made that adjustment.

We spoke for about 20 minutes, touching on everything from life, to the secret to happiness, to why he doesn't watch modern boxing.

I asked him if he still sings, and he answered by belting out the first four lines of Heart Break Hotel. The man can sing a little.

I asked him about fights like Marciano, he said it was a good thing they didn't meet because it would have been a scary war.

He said he woulda kicked Larry Holmes' ass just like in sparring when he broke his ribs. He said he woulda chewed Mike Tyson up and spit him out.

Overall, it was a real highlight of my career in boxing. We said our good byes and he said something along the lines of "I'm out, boogie."

The true definition of cool.

Solid. Fcukin Solid. Tyson vs. Frazier? I gotta give it to Frazier, waaay tougher than Tyson. "Smoke's" the man!!

[Smokin'J]

Yup, that sounds like Smoke.

And I've been saying the same thing about him destroying Tyson for years. Frazier was everything Tyson was, only with the heart to fight through adversity, the balls to take your best shots and smile, and the stamina to break you down for 15 rounds.

Any chance I can get his number from you?

Check this highlight video I made of Joe, just an hour or so ago.

great highlight, with even more great quality!
Could you also get some more of Frazier's interviews etc?
I'd enjoy seeing him more ''casual''.

[TRAVI$]

Great stuff

[ßringer]

It's hard because I usually interview only the contemporary fighters making news. I would say of current guys, it'd be Mayweather Jr. All time, probably Frazier.

I've never interviewed them but I've spoken with Emmile Griffith, Carlos Ortiz, Tommy Hearns and Aaron Pryor. Emmile Griffith is probably the warmest person I've ever met, a truly wonderful man.

Griffith is yet another favorite of mine.

Definitely a warm, sincere man. "Ring of Fire" is the greatest boxing documentary of all time, in my opinion.

I'm going to have to start writing more serious articles.

[stefjonno1]

Good stuff.



Frazier was an outstanding fighter in his prime. I also belive he would have KO'D Tyson. To say frazier had an average chin is drivel.

[UnDeniable]

It's hard because I usually interview only the contemporary fighters making news. I would say of current guys, it'd be Mayweather Jr. All time, probably Frazier.

I've never interviewed them but I've spoken with Emmile Griffith, Carlos Ortiz, Tommy Hearns and Aaron Pryor. Emmile Griffith is probably the warmest person I've ever met, a truly wonderful man.

Emile wasn't a bad fighter either lol.

Were you interviewing Mayweather when he was hyping a fight because it seems like he has two different personalities, he looks so fake at times

[ßringer]

great highlight, with even more great quality!
Could you also get some more of Frazier's interviews etc?
I'd enjoy seeing him more ''casual''.

I'll see what I can do about getting some of his interviews uploaded.

It may take me a little while though. I have a busy weekend coming up, and I've made 3 highlight videos in the last 24 hours or so.

Glad you liked the video, I really wanted to capture how intimidating and brutal Frazier was during his time, as well as the Ali drama, and how mean he was to Joe. Then you get to see Joe unleash hell on him in the ring for it.

[Orgasmatron]

I started writing because Big Poppa Pump banned me for the fourth time and this one lasted like a month. Before you were here, before all of these n00bs, I was the pwn master. It was me and Manny P, we started Team Pinoy and were bombing on Anorak, Runwithknives and Xcaret. This was back when the Thunderdome was awesome.

I was always getting banned and I thought how weird it was because I truly loved boxing yet I never talked about it on the forums anymore. So I decided OK, I'll make a thread on PacLand about the Castillo-Corrales third fight, which never happened because Castillo missed weight. I was in college at the time and I saw how my professor's influence was starting to creep into my posting so I expanded it a little further and made a short, opinion piece on the fight that went into it's meaning behind the fight.

Since I was banned, I thought I'd piss off BPP by having one of my homeys, Undefeated, post it for me on the forums. Here is the link.
https://<b>http://www.boxingscene.co...s+********</b>

I just kept writing, first for ESB and then a few months later I was picked up here. I've stayed committed and humble and learned my craft and eventually did stuff for magazines and newspapers. When you love boxing, it's hardly work.

Lol.... BPP called it a blurb.

[Smokin'J]

I'll see what I can do about getting some of his interviews uploaded.

It may take me a little while though. I have a busy weekend coming up, and I've made 3 highlight videos in the last 24 hours or so.

Glad you liked the video, I really wanted to capture how intimidating and brutal Frazier was during his time, as well as the Ali drama, and how mean he was to Joe. Then you get to see Joe unleash hell on him in the ring for it.

Take your time bro.
Respect, I'll green you asap when I can again.

[Mr. Ryan]

Lol.... BPP called it a blurb.

We didn't always get along so famously but I love the dude now. I've had to grow up a lot since then. I mean I've been on these forums since I was like 16 and I'm 22 now.