RIP Joe Frazier

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:03 am

The sports world has lost another great athlete. 10 bells...

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:43 pm

Hmm, still no comments in here... oh wait... everyone except
a very few are not old enough to remember Smokin' Joe.

One of the greats indeed.

haseebgill12 · Post by **haseebgill12** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:10 pm

RIP Joe

Ali said: "The world has lost a great champion. I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration."

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:13 pm

Paul56 wrote:Hmm, still no comments in here... oh wait... everyone except
a very few are not old enough to remember Smokin' Joe.

One of the greats indeed.

I remember.

When I was a kid ( 6 yrs. old ? ), I saw the famous, unrehearsed fistfight that broke out between Cassius Clay (ooops.... I mean Muhammad Ali ) and Joe Frazier, on ABC's "Wide World of Sports" on T.V.

Even though I was only a kid, I was surprised, that these two grownups were having a fight on (almost) live T.V.

I don't remember what Fraizer said, to piss Ali off.....

But there was Howard Cosell, interviewing them, and all of a sudden, they were both wrestling on the floor.
Cosell's remark, as he watched this happen, in his (in)famous nasal tone: "I can't believe it".

A bunch of guys then rushed the 'stage' (producers?) trying to break them up, and then, ABC went to a commercial break.

- Nick

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:33 pm

I know this happened on monday but id like to throw my two cents in, joe fraizer and the greats of the past really made boxing what it is... i really enjoy watching the old fights i just wish the heavy weights of the present would step up and be as great as the past were. :/