smokin joe....
Posted on 11/05/2011 1:41:44 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier has liver cancer and is under hospice care.
The 67-year-old boxer was diagnosed four or five weeks ago, Frazier's personal and business manager said Saturday. Leslie Wolff told The Associated Press that doctors have not yet told Frazier how long he has to live.
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Sorry to hear this. I always rooted for smokin’ Joe against the evil Cassius Clay. Best wishes Joe.
God’s speed Joltin’ Joe!
I loved Ali-Foreman, and Joe seemed a bit too much of a street person back then. But even so, Joe is a great guy and I wish him the best.
He’s done. That’s bad.
Frazier is all class. He’s a Republican who campaigned for Reagan and Bush. And for that, he got labelled as an “Uncle Tom.”
Get better, Smokin’ Joe!
“doctors have not yet told Frazier how long he has to live.”
If he’s having hospice care, not long.
Sorry to hear it.
I just read how he is in hospice care. Such a shame, liver cancer is one of the worst cancers you can get. By the time you have symptoms its pretty much too late. Prayers for Joe and his family during this difficult time
Treatable, if the FDA ever approves the treatment
Though I never was a big boxing fan, I remember the bout between Joe Frazier and Cassius Clay. I remember Joe was considered a “Gentleman” and Clay was NOT. (I was very young at the time, but the memory is still clear)
A prayer lifted up for Joe Frazier.
Frasier has more class for breakfast than Ali does all day long. Keep fighting Joe and we’ll keep praying for you.
smokin joe....
BUMP!
Sorry to read of Joe Frazier in this way. At one time the heavyweight division boasts of long lived champions. Jess Willard, James J. Jeffreys and Jack Dempsey. Incredible now knowing what blows to the head do to a man. Both men should have quit after the fight in Manilla. When Ali said it was like death in there.
I also noted the death of heavyweight Tom McNeely of Boston. He was 74. Lost to Floyd Patterson in 1961 for the heavyweight title. Had a very successful career as counselor in law enforcement and was a United States Marshall.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Which one, they fought three times?
It was during my childhood...so I honestly don’t remember.
Remember the 1st bout well. Listened on the radio of
“after round” summary. I think that fight was the start
of clamp down on tv broadcasting major bouts. You had to
go to the theaters to see a movie of this fight. Never saw
actual footage on tv until year(s) later. Popular boxing
on broadcast tv was never the same since.
The famous left-hook. One of my favorite pics in all of sports. I think that was the first time Clay ever felt canvas.
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