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11-08-2011, 12:25 AM
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Hug Anne Spyder
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R.I.P. Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion, dead at 67 - ESPN
R.I.P. Just read an article on ESPN about fans willing to donate a kidney, but apparently he didn't want it. Hopefully he went peacefully.
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11-08-2011, 12:40 AM
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Re: R.I.P. Joe Frazier
Oh man, very sad to hear this. RIP Joe.
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11-08-2011, 09:31 AM
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Re: R.I.P. Joe Frazier
I have seen a couple of his fights with Ali on history/sports channels. Epic. Amazing fighter from an era of amazing fighters.
RIP.
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11-08-2011, 09:32 AM
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Our new WR wrote a great piece on Frazier in the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/sp...ml?_r=1&src=tp
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11-08-2011, 10:55 AM
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Re: R.I.P. Joe Frazier
Though i cant pretend to know the Bogart and Bacall refference and i was lost towards the end of Anderson's peice the first paragraph summed it up perfectly for me:
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The Frazier/Ali frights were really the last of the great fights. The classics that you can watch are so much better then the fights you can see nowadays and i think current boxing is still living off of the legacy of pre 1980's boxing. I understand why they stopped allowing 15+ round matches but boxing has suffered greatly since title fights were reduced to 12. What those guys did back in the day was amazing.
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11-08-2011, 11:00 AM
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Re: R.I.P. Joe Frazier
RIP smokin' Joe!
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11-08-2011, 10:47 PM
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Re: R.I.P. Joe Frazier
Joe was my man when I was a kid. Boxing back in the day was an event. None were bigger than Joe and Ali. I was very sad to hear of his passing.....
Rip Smokin' Joe.......
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11-08-2011, 11:24 PM
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Re: R.I.P. Joe Frazier
Sad to hear , reminds me of Walter Payton getting sick and passing suddenly . R.I.P. Big Smokin Joe .
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