Joe Frazier has passed away at the age of sixty seven. 'Smokin' Joe Frazier is spoken about in awe and reverence amongst sports people. From all accounts, he was a great athlete. I never got the opportunity to see the man box. I have only seen clips of some of his fights. He was a true warrior, apparently.
Boxing is a sport I will never truly understand. I could not be paid enough to stand in a ring and get punched. Repeatedly. Can't do it. But some people can. Frazier was one of them. When boxing was big, he was bigger than the sport. The first man to beat Ali. Olympic champion. I will never understand the sport because I did not grow up with it. I did not grow up seeing the big names on Friday nights or Saturday main events. I did not get to see the rise or fall of the men of the ring.
Once again, it is one of those situations when you read or hear about some great person before your time passing away. You hear the stories that others have of these people and wish, just wish, for once that you can tell these same types of stories. But for that to happen, someone has to pass away.
And no one wants that.
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