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Joe Frazier - RIP

Chirpy RedChirpy Red
edited November 2011 in Other Football and Sports

Goodbye Smokin' Joe.

The golden era of heavyweight boxing loses a great.

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    MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    R.I.P. a genuine great from an era of giants - Ali, Frazier, Foreman - will that ever happen again?
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    Ormiston_AddickOrmiston_Addick
    R.I.P. a genuine great from an era of giants - Ali, Frazier, Foreman - will that ever happen again?

    Yes, David Haye, Audley Harrison and Tyson Fury......:)
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    mid_life_crisismid_life_crisis
    edited November 2011


    RIP.
    A truly great fighter.
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    McLovinMcLovin
    It'll never be seen again.  With multiple titles and savvy management the likes of Foreman, Ali and Smokin Joe would each have a belt or two and wouldn't meet very often.
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    nollynolly
    Great fighter and beat ali when both were nearer to there peak
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    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Sad to hear he had gone.  Great fighter.
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    east terrace peanutseast terrace peanuts
    Sat up regulalrly in the early hours of the morning listening to those great fight commentaries in the 60's and 70's.....
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    GreenieGreenie
    When me and my brother used to 'box' each other he was always Ali and I was always Smokin Joe!

    When boxing was great he was one who made it so.

    RIP
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    GoonerhaterGoonerhater
    Only 5/10 far to small to ever achieve anything,





    RIP Smoking Joe
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    LenGloverLenGlover

    He was a great boxer in an era of great boxers.

    RIP

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    RodneyCharltonTrottaRodneyCharltonTrotta

    Very sad.  Not the most articulate of men but the definition of heart in boxing.

    His lack of wit was ruthlessy and cruelly exploited by Ali and all the racist abuse and Uncle Tom stuff he threw at him really hurt him and seemed to really affect his life.

    And he was robbed in one of those Ali fights in the aftermath.  Saw a really good documentary about the pair of them and at first lost a bit of the awe I had for Ali but I suppose it was a different era certainly in the US at the time so easy to criticise retrospectively.

    RIP Smokin Joe.

     

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    Chirpy RedChirpy Red

    The "Fight of Century" is on ESPN Classic Sport (429 onSky) at 9pm tonight.

     

    Knowing that channel there'll probably be a season of Frazier fights over the next few days.

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    nth_london_addicknth_london_addick
    Legend end of

    Night night smoking Joe


    Rip my man
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    charlton villagercharlton villager
    So very sad at the the news.

    Smoking Joe was finally knocked out by that big boxer in the sky.

    RIP
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    MortimericianMortimerician
    Now that was a boxer.
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    Chirpy RedChirpy Red
    Anyone else watch that fight tonight? I've known 15 rounds go so fast! Brilliant, even the sillyness from both of them halfway through was fantastic.
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    seth plumseth plum
    edited November 2011

    My father, my brother and myself watched the Manilla fight live on some kind of closed TV link in Lewisham Odeon in the deep hours of the night.

    RIP Joe

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    felthamaddictfelthamaddict
    Quality man and fighter. RIP
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    GreenieGreenie

    My father, my brother and myself watched the Manilla fight live on some kind of closed TV link in Lewisham Odeon in the deep hours of the night.

    RIP Joe

    Ali said that it was the closest to death he had ever been!
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