Anybody going to the Joe .B and Joe Frazier show on the Coast tonight?

I hope you had the balls to ask him why he denied Hearns a rematch for the majority of his career.

 

was a good night definitely. not fun having every person from near every corner of boxing there (political bull****), but still great night together catching up with people from far and wide. Bugners always good to have around. Great fella. And Frazier... what a legend, top bloke. Such an awesome get up lookin smooth. and smokin!!

 

Have always liked Smokin Joe..Also love how still to this day hates ALI...

I dont blame the bloke either..

He must really like Australia,seeing he here alot..

I dont blame him for that either...Greatest country in the world..

 

Candid Frazier pulls no punches

by David Lewis - March 16th, 2010 - goldcoast.com.au

THE synapses may not be firing with the same alacrity as they once did for one-time heavyweight champ Joe Frazier, but the aura which resonates from a true heirloom from boxing's great days remains undimmed.

Decked out in a black suit, topped off with a black hat and enough bling to embarrass P.Diddy, the 66-year-old nemesis of Muhammad Ali is wheeled into the suite on the 18th floor of Jupiters Casino.

It is the short-term legacy of four back operations in two years following a car crash which almost splintered his spine.

The once-proud peacock strut of the erstwhile ring king might be barely a halting stagger now but his flashing smile and darting inquisitive eyes remain streetlight bright.

Frazier is on a flying trip to the Glitter Strip in between last weekend's guest slot at former rival Joe Bugner's 60th birthday, a bash organised by Gold Coast promoter Jamie Myer, and an appearance at a function in Brisbane on Friday.

Smokin' Joe is in a mood to reminisce; he mulls over the night Bugner took him the distance back in 1973, the year his six-year hold on the heavyweight mantle finally was broken.

Joe's nadir came in the hulking form of George Foreman.

He expresses his disdain for Ultimate Fighting, a sport he considers an abomination, saying it is more like wrestling while boxing is 'a science'.

He derides Ali as more a victim of 'left-hook-itis rather than Parkinson's syndrome', expressing little empathy for the man he says sought to demean him at every opportunity, such as calling him ugly.

He has never heard of Anthony Mundine, or Danny Green for that matter, and is embarrassed by the current paucity in the heavyweight ranks of world boxing.

He says: "There is nobody I would pay to see. There is nobody exciting.

"I couldn't even name any of them. I'd rather watch basketball."

 

Yeah, some former boxers enjoy watching UFC and others like Joe hate it!

 

I don't blame him. The Heavyweight division is that bad. Bugner, let alone Frazier would be a dominant champion these days.

 

i remember getting a bit pissed off a few years ago when he asked kostya tszyu if he was a sportswriter. i like joe but that annoyed me. if you dont have anything nice to say and all that...

 

Would have loved to have gone to this. Shook hands with Joe years back at a card at Star City. The biggest hands I have seen on a fella. And what a nice bloke....he stood aroundafter the fights shaking hands and taking pics...he was all set to move on with his wife after about twenty minutes worth of greetings and what not then another bunch of fans came storming over to have a chat. He obliged and gave them as much time as they wanted.

Just came across as a real nice, genuine man.

 

Wonder if it was an honest mistake - obviously **** poor if it wasn't.

The guy is getting on, and being clobbered in the head repeatedly by the likes of Foreman & Ali aint going to assist with your memory in late middle age.

 

Wow.....what an experience, 2 living legends........opportunitys like that just dont come round often.......

 

To be honest, I think it'd be stanger if he did know who Kostya was. The guy was an all time great fighter. It doesn't mean he follows the sport intently.