GMan Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 In a Philadelphia Hospice Care center. The ex-champ is suffering from liver cancer and is not expected to live much longer. This is terribly sad. I remember I loved both Joe and Mohammed Ali and I couldn't decide who I wanted to win when they first fought on March 8,1971. Joe won a unanimous 15 round decision. He dropped Ali in the 15th round with one of the most classic left hooks I have ever seen. It was a classic fight. I actually got to see "Smokin" Joe fight live. It was in June of '68 at Madison Square Garden. I was 13 years old and my older cousin Louie took me to see the fight. Joe fought Manuel Ramos, the Mexican Heavyweight Champ. Ramos towered over Joe and within 2 rounds Joe knocked out Ramos...with what else?..a booming left hook. My prayers are with you Joe, one of the great heavyweights of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Smokin' Joe....was always one of my favorites. I loved that left hook....chopping down his usually taller opponent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Giro - I also saw Joe live around '70 or '71, but under odd circumstances. I was working that summer in downtown DC, at the Speakeasy, a dive bar and sandwich shop on the corner of 14th & H Streets (a bad neighborhood, which got cleaned up during the Reagan years, allegedly at Nancy's insistence after the first couple rode through it the first time in their limo.) Anyway, I was at the counter one Saturday night, when a well-built, very well-dressed gentleman, sporting about $50 grand in diamonds (4 rings), came in and started talking to me and my friend Bob. Both of us got a good look at him - it was Joe Frazier!! He was there, asking us how to get into the club upstairs (Casino Royale) - he and his band The Knockouts were doing a show there later that night. We went and got the club manager, who unlocked the gate to the stairs/entrance. To make a long story short, we got invited to his show that night. . . . awful singer, and it was hard trying to figure out what he was saying between songs, but he was a nice guy, and gave us autographed 8 x 10 photos. Lucky for him he had another career in boxing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hollies65 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I was a student of Frazier's style, and learned , from watching his fights, something I used to great effect in mine. Double left hook. get inside, use the right hand to clinch around the opponents neck, with head on his right shoulder dig the hook at the liver, immediately come back upstair to the head.If you were a good hook thrower [i was], it's devestating. Hang in there Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Pivot on that left foot, Steve, turn that left hip and get your whole left side into your opponent....you just turned him to mush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Giro - I also saw Joe live around '70 or '71, but under odd circumstances. I was working that summer in downtown DC, at the Speakeasy, a dive bar and sandwich shop on the corner of 14th & H Streets (a bad neighborhood, which got cleaned up during the Reagan years, allegedly at Nancy's insistence after the first couple rode through it the first time in their limo.) Anyway, I was at the counter one Saturday night, when a well-built, very well-dressed gentleman, sporting about $50 grand in diamonds (4 rings), came in and started talking to me and my friend Bob. Both of us got a good look at him - it was Joe Frazier!! He was there, asking us how to get into the club upstairs (Casino Royale) - he and his band The Knockouts were doing a show there later that night. We went and got the club manager, who unlocked the gate to the stairs/entrance. To make a long story short, we got invited to his show that night. . . . awful singer, and it was hard trying to figure out what he was saying between songs, but he was a nice guy, and gave us autographed 8 x 10 photos. Lucky for him he had another career in boxing! Great story, John! Hey...would you want to be the guy to tell Joe he couldn't sing?? I remember seeing him on the Mike Douglas Show many times. Mike's show was out of Philly so Joe was always on. And you are right...he couldn't sing! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Prayers to the great Joe Frazier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I was all hips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I was all hips! I'm not...which is why I SUCK at BJJ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 When I saw this I posted it for prayers on my FB page. SO very sad. A true champ, in every sense of the word. Like Ali, who I think has Alzheimers, doesn't he? True champions, although I always hated and feared boxing and wrestling. Could never stand to watch either.Praying for a miracle for Joe.--Dar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I never met Joe. But, I was lucky to see a few of is fights when I was little on closed-circuit T.V. That's where people would go to a big theater, and watch it live. Joe is part of the great history of boxing. I think he even sang the National Anthem once at a boxing match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missm Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Tia Dar - Ali has Parkinson's. I often wonder if it could have been brought about by all of the punches he took.The Net went crazy last night around 9 pm pst. People were reporting that Joe had died. He is in my prayers not because he is a champion boxer, but because he is a decent human being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Poor Joe's family announced that he passed away this evening, November 7. SO sad. I was praying for a miracle, but I guess God needed another angel.My heart goes out to his family. He was only 67. RIP, Joe. You will always live on in our hearts a champion. -- Love, Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Thanks, Miri. I had forgotten that Ali suffered from Parkinson's, a horrible disease. He was another great champion who is well loved.Love to your bouncing baby boy!--Love, Tia Dar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 "Down goes Frazier!" Thanks for the memories, smokin' Joe. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 That famous phrase, Kirk, that Howard Cossell, a boxing broadcaster said during one of Frazier's fights.He was a humble man, with all his talent. I had heard on the radio, sunday night, that he was nearing the end of his life.I was fortunate when Ali came to my school, when I was a teenager. I was only about five feet away from him, as I stood facing him. Ali would take a bus, for fun, around town, and joke with all of the surprised riders. He got everyone laughing.Ali was quiet and humble when I met him. And I sensed a great power around him. Beyond himself. An aura of greatness. I asked my friend there. He said he felt it, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 R.I.P. Joe. I will always remember you and that booming left hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 It's a ten count for Joe. R.I.P Champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris hess Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Ditto...Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I heard last night that he had passed... very quick, but when they announced he was already in hospice care... R.I.P. Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Wow!!! R.I. P. Joe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 That is a GREAT pic!! I do remember Ali getting right back up, which was a testament to his greatness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 That is a GREAT pic!! I do remember Ali getting right back up, which was a testament to his greatness. Did anyone take a punch or make punches slide off him better than Ali? Nope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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