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
gym played
You can tell he's been in the gym just as much as he played hockey,
Fightin' George Foreman is like being in the street with an eighteen-wheeler comin' at you.
money shook
It was all about the ring. That's where you got your brains shook and the money took.
hog wants
I wanted him like a hog wants slop,
ali three unless
Ali would not be Ali unless I had come along. Him and me had three fights.
I was never, ever once angry in the ring.
alabama born came coloured south tougher white
I know my destiny. I was born into animosity, bigotry and hatred. We had water for white folks, and water for coloured folks. White lines, black lines. I came from Beaufort in South Carolina, and it was tougher than Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
best everybody fighter good great greatest mind muhammad people proved wants
I don't mind people want to think Muhammad is the greatest fighter around. Everybody wants to make him great because of his mouth, that he was the best. He was good, but that doesn't make him great. I proved that.
I couldn't go to school with whites. Now there are schools that educate everyone.
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.
sports winning thinking
There's one thing I don't ever think about: losing ... Instead, I think about how I'm going to win, and how I can do it the quickest way.
song work men
Work is the only meanin' I've ever known. Like the man in the song says, I just gotta keep on keepin' on.
champion bright-lights made
Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there.
fighting boxing streets
Fighting George Foreman is like being in the street with an 18-wheeler coming at you.