Joe Frazier explains style and training

Its a great video , i have never seen it on here befor.

 

This is from a documentary, and someone also goes to Ali's camp.

 

This has to be before the FOC....but interesting that the reference to "gorillia" is in there.

 

It's deceptively simple. Yes, it's pretty easy to mimick for a round or 2 but doing that non stop for 15 rounds is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...especially against quality competition. You just have to bring so much energy and be so well conditioned that most people aren't committed enough to pull it off today. Smokin' Joe, we salute you.

 

Love listening to Smokin talk.

 

Boggle?

 

Its from 1974 prior the second fight. the show is Dick cavett and michael parkinson.

 

As much as the rivalry has been talked about here (Ali calling Joe a gorilla and Uncle Tom etc) very little mention has been made of Joe persistently calling Ali "Clay". He did from early on in the build up to FOTC, right after Ali had had a fit at Bonavena who called him Clay at the press conference before their fight.

 

Who called whom what first?

 

Frazier always called Ali "Clay". It's easy to criticize them now but I doubt the likes of Frazier and Terrell paid too much attention to whether Clay/Ali changed his name or not. After realizing that it irritated him, they were already "enemies" anyway as future opponents. Frazier said calling him Clay was the best way he knew at getting to him. Terrell was obviously not going to back down after being put on the spot and called out to apologize by Ali on live tv. It would have been a sign of weakness.

 

Ali was a bit of a primadonna about that name-change thing.
The artist formerly known as Cassius Clay !

I dont buy that "Clay" suddenly went from being his name to being some sort of horrendous insult. What a pretentious twat he was.

 

great vid!

 

I know what you mean. What was he going to do if he was walking down the street with his mother and a neighbour waved and said "Morning Mrs. Clay"?