Smokin' Joe Frazier Passes Away at age 67

[RINGG]

May he Rest In Peace.

[JAB5239]

For Joe Frazier: The final bell

[McGoorty]

And I bet he gave it hell.

As a very young boy who often got into trouble, stumbling into Joe Fraziers gym was the greatest thing to ever happen in my life. I was a reformed person. Under the tutelage of Joe, I learned the Ins and outs of boxing. I knew how to box like hearns, I know how to counterpunch, but I preferred to be a swarmer, because it was much more fun.

I was blessed with unnatural strength and an inhuman toughness and preserverance that greatly helped my boxing. But it was the dedication, work ethic, and never give up attitude that Joe Frazier instilled me that I take heart too. It helped my school grades and study habits, leading to high ACT scores and good grades. But it bettered me as person. As my role model, father figure, best friend, cornerman, trainer and figure of high respect. I will always rate Frazier as the toughest most determined man ever to enter the ring. He is for me the suprafighter, the best fighter in history. Is he the kind of boxer like Willie Pep? Is his resume as strong as Ezzard Charles? Perhaps not. But he trained and worked harder than any fighter before or after, and showed up with the intention to take you to hell and back.

The most remarkable human being I have ever met, my number 5 ATG heavyweight, my favorite fighter, undisputed heavy weight champion of the world, and perhaps the greatest win ever in the most important fight on March 4th 1971, Joe Frazier is my idol.


Farwell my old friend, the final bell has rung.

As I've just posted on another thread about Joe, I want to give my condolences to you mate, this must be hard news to take, so I'm really sorry for you bro........ Until I started reading the Bleacher report on Joe, I had no idea as to how god damn sad I would be to hear it, but sheet man I'm feeling it...... its a hammer blow, but this was Smokin' Joe, and he specialised in dealing those out. Once again DT, my sincere condolences to you too.

[NChristo]

well said. if there are funeral arrangements I hope Ali has enough class to shake his way to the funeral and pay his respects. if he can sit, shake, and bobble his head through commercials and his own tributes he can take the time to pay respect to Joe.

The **** is wrong with you.

[Scott9945]

The **** is wrong with you.

He has a lot of class. Too bad all of it is low.

[The Surgeon]

Toughest man i ever saw fight. When Frazier fought u knew ud get ur money's worth too. Terrible loss to boxing, and im sorry Dark Terror u must be feeling this alot more than the rest of us bud...

Floyd Mayweather is not know for his class out of the ring but if he is picking up the funeral tab then thats excellent. He did it for old foe Hernandez too