Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier
Joseph William "Joe" Frazier, nicknamed Smokin' Joe, was an American professional boxer, Olympic gold medalist and undisputed world heavyweight champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a one-fight comeback in 1981. Frazier was known for his sheer strength, durability, punch power and all-out relentless attack...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth12 January 1944
CountryUnited States of America
ali beat wrong
Ali even told me in the ring, 'You can't beat me - I'm your Lord.' I just told him, 'Lord, you're in the wrong place tonight.'
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I went to see President Nixon at the White House. It wasn't difficult to get a meeting because I was heavyweight champion of the world. So I came to Washington and walked around the garden with Nixon, his wife and daughter. I said: I want you to give Ali his licence back. I want to beat him up for you.
ali three unless
Ali would not be Ali unless I had come along. Him and me had three fights.
american-athlete
We're in Manila. Come on, gorilla; this is a thriller.
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My mom allowed me to take an old burlap bag and fill it with moss, corn stalks and rocks, then hang it from a tree and spend an hour a day punching my heavy bag.
I was never, ever once angry in the ring.
chance heart hurt knock stand
I want to hurt him. If I knock him down, I'll stand back, give him a chance to breathe. It's his heart I want.
american-athlete
When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out there to win.
Ali always said I would be nothing without him. But what would he have been without me?
american-athlete
This is just another man, another fight, another payday.
Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do.
apart send twenty
Twenty years I've been fighting Ali, and I still want to take him apart piece by piece and send him back to Jesus.
I don't want to be no more than what I am.
god hand puts trust
Trust me. Sometimes God comes down and puts his hand on you if you're too big in your thoughts.