Comments Thread For: Joe Frazier's Statue Set To Be Unveiled in April 2015

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The 2.7m statue of Joe Frazier is nearing completion and is expected to be unveiled in April next year.

Artist Stephen Layne, who has been working in the statue since March, plans to finish the clay work by the end of this month. It will then be moulded, cast in bronze and erected at an entertainment complex near three sports stadiums in Philadelpia.

Two of the former heavyweight champion’s daughters, Weatta Collins and Renae Martin, say they are thrilled with Layne's work. “It's really long overdue," Collins said this week. "We're happy that it's finally being done."
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[HughJass]

And about time aswell.Without doubt one of the greatest heavyweights.

R.I.P Joe

[Divine Hammer]

about time!

[Larry the boss]

[Larry the boss]

But it is a damn shame he had to die to get one and Rocky a fictional character has been had one...does Hopkins have to die before he finally gets one?

[The Big Dunn]

Joe deserves this.

[PACnPBFsuck]

Reeeeeeeeeeessspect

[HughJass]

But it is a damn shame he had to die to get one and Rocky a fictional character has been had one...does Hopkins have to die before he finally gets one?

Good point Lazza,Joe sure would of been proud.God knows how he felt when the rocky statue got put up.

[The Big Dunn]

Good point Lazza,Joe sure would of been proud.God knows how he felt when the rocky statue got put up.

Oh you can bet your life he was PISSSSSSSED OFF!!

I hope Muhammad can make it to the unveiling.

[New England]

i saw a picture of it before it was put into bronze.

it was absolutely f#cking incredible.


it's about time. joe frazier's role in the greatest ever era for boxing is being forgotten. he beat muhammad ali in the fight of the century. it was a well contested, but clear decision. he even put ali on the canvas. it was not the other way around.