Joe Frazier

terrymccarthy05 · 06-11-2011 11:20am #1

Seriously ill with Liver Cancer. He was Diagnosed four weeks ago and is in Hospice care.

cowzerp · 06-11-2011 1:34pm

Sad to hear that-a living legend he is and a fighter who'll battle this just like he did in the ring.

megadodge · 06-11-2011 4:47pm

Poor Joe. Very sad news.

I always had a lot of sympathy for him, as I thought Ali treated him terribly - and I'm a huge Ali fan.

JP Liz V1 · 06-11-2011 8:37pm

Boxing great Joe Frazier is fighting the battle of a lifetime. The former World Heavyweight champion, 67, is in a Philadelphia-based hospice suffering from liver cancer, according to reports. Known for his infamous "Thrilla in Manila" fight against Muhammad Ali, Frazier - nicknamed "Smokin' Joe" - is an inductee of both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame. "He's a true gentleman," Frazier's manager Leslie Wolff told CNN, confirming that he was diagnosed just four or five weeks ago.

Poor fella

Wild_Dogger · 06-11-2011 9:59pm

A great 'wear-u-down' fighter .

What a beautiful style Joe employed , the original hardworker .

One of my all time favourites , (behind Mosley) .

hangon · 06-11-2011 10:19pm

megadodge wrote: »

Poor Joe. Very sad news.

I always had a lot of sympathy for him, as I thought Ali treated him terribly - and I'm a huge Ali fan.

Yes i heard that news today as well megadodge and like you am a hugh Ali fan.
it took the movie 'the thrilla in Manilla to realise how much Fraiser had supported Ali's right to refuse the Army then giving money to Ali until he could fight again.

Frazier never forgave it even though Ali said "it was all just hype"(but Ali went way too far.
George Foreman did forgive Ali and they are still great friends.

thing about Joe was he always had bad eyesight,without it, it might have gone that final round

Angelo Dundee said it was that fight that destroyed Ali as well.

i would love to see them make up while there is time.

barney4001 · 06-11-2011 11:25pm

hangon wrote: »

Yes i heard that news today as well megadodge and like you am a hugh Ali fan.
it took the movie 'the thrilla in Manilla to realise how much Fraiser had supported Ali's right to refuse the Army then giving money to Ali until he could fight again.

Frazier never forgave it even though Ali said "it was all just hype"(but Ali went way too far.
George Foreman did forgive Ali and they are still great friends.

thing about Joe was he always had bad eyesight,without it, it might have gone that final round

Angelo Dundee said it was that fight that destroyed Ali as well.

i would love to see them make up while there is time.

Ali should go and apoligise to Joe while there is still time

MrStuffins · 08-11-2011 4:51am

Joe Frazer, dead at 67

smellslikeshoes · 08-11-2011 4:52am

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/joe-frazier-dies-after-cancer-fight-2927887.html

edit- a minute too slow.

Rovi · 08-11-2011 8:08am

RIP Smokin' Joe.

His battles with Ali were the stuff of legend.

efb · 08-11-2011 8:26am

RIP Smokin' Joe- Thrilla in Manilla will be your legacy

Muzi5434 · 08-11-2011 8:57am

R.I.P Joe, absolute legend of a boxer

cowzerp · 08-11-2011 9:02am

Ah man that's awful-R.I.P Joe, your legend will live on forever

Feisar · 08-11-2011 9:07am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZrupRgFNAY

RIP

Here's a tribute vid I always liked.

walshb · 08-11-2011 10:45am

barney4001 wrote: »

Ali should go and apoligise to Joe while there is still time

I was wondering when folks where gonna' bring this crap up. As far as I know Ali has said sorry numerous times. It's well in the past.

RIP Joe. A legend in an era matched by no other.

dlofnep · 08-11-2011 10:50am

terrible loss - what an absolute legend

barney4001 · 08-11-2011 11:01am

RIP Champ Muhammed Ali: "if God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe Frazier fighting beside me." Says it all really

ROCKMAN · 08-11-2011 11:02am

Sad Day, a true legend ,one of the greats
R.I.P Joe..

terrymccarthy05 · 08-11-2011 11:10am

RIP. a Boxing Legend.

Boooourns · 08-11-2011 11:19am

What an absolute legend, a real sad loss. RIP Smokin' Joe.

UrbanSea · 08-11-2011 12:14pm

RIP Joe,a great fighter and a genuinely nice guy

JonathanAnon · 08-11-2011 12:53pm

http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2011/1108/frazierj.html

Mayweather... what a class act... lol

Boxing stars of a more recent era took to Twitter to share their thoughts, with Floyd Mayweather writing: "RIP Smokin Joe. My thoughts and prayers go out to to the Frazier family. We lost an all time great tonight."

The fighter known as 'Money' continued: "My Condolences go out to the family of the late great Joe Frazier. #TheMoneyTeam will pay for his Funeral services."

StevePH · 08-11-2011 1:42pm

What Joe had inside couldn't be taught. Couldn't be learned.
What a man.
Able to to face down every scamboogah ever tried to cross him

JP Liz V1 · 08-11-2011 2:17pm

RIP

Kojak · 08-11-2011 2:17pm

RIP - what a legend

Dusty87 · 08-11-2011 4:15pm

The uncle was over saturday and we got chatting about joe and ali. The cousin took a lend of the thrilla in manilla dvd i have. Funny that. RIP Smokin' Joe.

kay 9 · 08-11-2011 5:40pm

RIP JOE. One mine and and many all time favourites. Sad.!

beaver111 · 08-11-2011 5:54pm

i remember my father getting my brother and me up at 4 in the morning to watch them fight on the telly:) rte i think

nacho libre · 08-11-2011 7:17pm

He was an inspiration! When someone is told they won't be able to do something, they should think of someone like Joe Frazier- relatively speaking a small man, with one wonky arm and poor vision in one eye, yet he still became one of the great heavyweights of any era.

I think Chris Eubank said it best: "In boxing, you look for an intense rivalry with men who are of the highest calibre in their abilities to fight.

"Muhammad Ali could not have been the mammoth character, fighter and man he became without Joe Frazier. He just couldn't have.

"You need someone to bounce off. You need another great. The operative word is great and indeed he [Frazier] was."

RIP

efb · 08-11-2011 7:34pm

Anyone else sticking 'When we were Kings' on tonight...

Rovi · 08-11-2011 8:56pm

Frazier vs. Ali 1971 is just about to start (9pm) on ESPN Classic (channel 429 on SKY).

walshb · 08-11-2011 10:48pm

Rovi wrote: »

Frazier vs. Ali 1971 is just about to start (9pm) on ESPN Classic (channel 429 on SKY).

Watched it. Been on before. Great scrap, and IMO, a lot ot closer than what most think. Ali landed a hell of a lot more on Frazier than I first thought.

Soemthing that really irks me when I watch this is the late Harry Carpenter consistently referring to Clay. Ali had changed his name many years before, so why would Harry refer to him as Clay? Very disrespectful.

Frazier did refer to him as Clay when interviewed before the fight began. Disrespectful, but I will Joe a pass. What's Harry's excuse?

n32 · 08-11-2011 11:17pm

Very sad to hear that one of the great icons of boxing is gone. Absolutely pheneomenal fighter who never took a step back. His courage was incredible and I dont think a sore toe would have been used as an excuse by Joe.
The trilogy with Ali were an example of everything good about boxing. What sums up how good they both were is when late in the 1st fight Frazier floors Ali with a sledge hammer of a hook that would ve knocked most boxers out and ALi is back on his feet on the count of 5. But for me the crowning glory for Frazier was Manilla. Eventhough he lost, his performance was incredible. To keep coming forward with 2 closed eyes summed him up. Eddie Futchs comment to Frazier when he pulled him out is a great tribute: ''Sit down son........ never forget what you did here tonight.......''

RIP JOE, NOBODY WHO SAW YOU IN ACTION WILL EVER FORGET YOU

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the whole year inn · 08-11-2011 11:28pm

n32 wrote: »

Very sad to hear that one of the great icons of boxing is gone. Absolutely pheneomenal fighter who never took a step back. His courage was incredible and I dont think a sore toe would have been used as an excuse by Joe.
The trilogy with Ali were an example of everything good about boxing. What sums up how good they both were is when late in the 1st fight Frazier floors Ali with a sledge hammer of a hook that would ve knocked most boxers out and ALi is back on his feet on the count of 5. But for me the crowning glory for Frazier was Manilla. Eventhough he lost, his performance was incredible. To keep coming forward with 2 closed eyes summed him up. Eddie Futchs comment to Frazier when he pulled him out is a great tribute: ''Sit down son........ never forget what you did here tonight.......''

RIP JOE, NOBODY WHO SAW YOU IN ACTION WILL EVER FORGET YOU

Tought it was "nobody will forget what you done here tonight."

He was a class act surely!

love this quote by ali "if God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe Frazier fighting beside me"

Interview with Tyson about Frazier http://podcasts.cnn.net/cnn/services/podcasting/audio/interviews/cnninterviewsf1108.mp3

Cypher_sounds · 08-11-2011 11:45pm

R.I.P Joe, a true boxing Legend.

Jimmy Iovine · 09-11-2011 12:16am

I got a text from my friend today at lunch to tell me this. Most times I rarely feel the effect of a celebritys death. Smoking' Joe was different though. I've only seen a few of his fights and heard some legendary stories from my dad but it was enough to let me know that a great man had been lost. I was in complete shock over it.

I watched the "This Is Your Life" show that they did for Ali when he was just after retiring. Of all the people that came out I felt it was Joe that he was most delighted to see. Whatever else Ali may have said about Joe for this moment in time they seemed to be the very best of friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJk_PvCunFQ

R.I.P. Joe

section4 · 09-11-2011 1:13am

RTP Joe Frazier. A great heavyweight and what guts he never knew when he was beat.
One of my first sporting heroes.

efb · 09-11-2011 5:31am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEm4NZBx4Yg

efb · 09-11-2011 7:31am

The Three Greats interviewed by Joanna Lumley

Syferus · 11-11-2011 5:50am

efb wrote: »

Anyone else sticking 'When we were Kings' on tonight...

I'm not being smart, but given that When We Were king is centered almost completely on the Rumble in the Jungle I'd recommend 'Thrilla in Manilla' a 2008 documentary that, in my estimation, is an even better film than When we Were Kings and it's also from Frazier's perspective. It gives you a real understanding of why Ali's behaviour cut Frazier so deeply: