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
american-athlete
We're in Manila. Come on, gorilla; this is a thriller.
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.
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.
stays works
He's good. I think he's still a young man. If he stays here and works with us on the basics, we'll make him better than good.
money shook
It was all about the ring. That's where you got your brains shook and the money took.
ali three unless
Ali would not be Ali unless I had come along. Him and me had three fights.
allowed corn fill hang heavy hour mom punching spend
My mom allowed me to take an old burlap bag and fill it with moss, corn stalks and rocks, then hang it from a tree and spend an hour a day punching my heavy bag.
motivational running boxing
Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.
spiritual dark light
You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to the reflexes you developed in training. That's where roadwork shows - the training you did in the dark of the mornin' will show when you're under the bright lights.
inspirational feels walks
If I lose, I'll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do.
want
Courage is how bad you want it.
champion heavyweights doubt
Joe Louis is the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. Rocky Marciano is second only to Louis. Where do I rate Ali? Somewhere below me. I beat him, and if I could beat him, no doubt Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano could have beaten him.
fighting people guy
I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.
real men thinking
I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.