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RIP, Joe Frazier.

And props to Floyd Mayweather for offering to pay for Frazier's funeral. That gesture harks back to a different time and different men, too, if you recall Max Schmeling paying for Joe Louis's funeral and burial . . .

1 posted on 11/09/2011 4:14:16 PM PST by BluesDuke
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To: BluesDuke

A good read. Thanks!


2 posted on 11/09/2011 4:25:24 PM PST by Bed_Zeppelin
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To: BluesDuke

He was born in 1944—he was 67, not 62.


3 posted on 11/09/2011 5:19:35 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: BluesDuke

Overall Frazier survived all the punches much better over the years vs. Ali obviously. I think that Larry Holmes pummeling fight taken to Ali was really damaging in the long haul.


4 posted on 11/09/2011 5:27:06 PM PST by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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