Why did Muhammad Ali disrespect Frazier so much?

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  1. dayuum

    dayuum Active Member Full Member

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    Ali called him an uncle Tom among other things. Even though Frazier came from a much harsher environment and had to deal with much more racism in his early life than Ali did. Frazier gave the black man a much better public image than Ali did.
     
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  2. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    So Ali earned money.

    You earn the most as the bad guy, he probably all faked it.
    Even his little "brawl" with Frazier at 1:21
    [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBfZna8QlA[/url]
    He didn't throw a single punch, just some grabbing to the floor.


    It's not that hard faking you're the bad guy.
     
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  3. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    I don't think Ali was faking. I think he was really an arrogant *******.
     
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  4. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Muhammad knew that Joe was going to be his supreme challenge. Deep down he respected him,and all the mouthing off was just hoopla. Ali has admitted more than once that he took it too far with Frazier.
     
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  5. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Because Joe was actin' a house negro :nono
     
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  6. Ahurath

    Ahurath Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Still people think the way he acted was the way he was. It's all about selling seats and getting headlines.
     
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  7. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Promotion.. all for promotion.
     
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  8. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Not only promotion IMO. Ali was an ******* sometimes when he was young, apparently....
    Frazier didn´t deserve it.
     
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  9. FastHands(beeb)

    FastHands(beeb) Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ali did it because he has/had a very nasty side to his personality that is/was there for all to see, that some try to make excuses for.
     
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  10. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    This doesn't get talked about much.
     
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  11. FastHands(beeb)

    FastHands(beeb) Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ali talked about it non-stop!:lol:
     
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  12. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oh he was so insensitive - cry me a friggin' river! It wasn't just Frazier. he called Spinks Dracula, he called Foreman the mummy, he called Wepner Frankenstein, he called Chuvalo the washerwoman, Patterson the rabbit. And you wanna know what else? All of these guys made their biggest payday with this guy. He knew how to hype a gate and Frazier made 2.5 mil in both their 1st fight and 3rd fight. If anyone is so sensitive about Frazier's feeling they should watch the 1st Frazier-Quarry fight. Watch after the fight when Jimmy Ellis gets in the ring and attempts to congratulate him. Frazier rips him to pieces with insults - ohhhhh how insensitive. The difference between Frazier and Ali was that Ali was better at it.
     
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  13. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    Ali ducked a prime Frazier by not going to war.

    True fact :D


    (Frazier wasn't prime when he faced Ali the first time, he broke his ankle in 1970.)
    Frazier was became more stationary after that, never the same.
    [url]http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19700404&id=gZNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OvgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3079,1408758[/url]
     
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  15. freelaw

    freelaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :deal

    The gorrilla taunts, the "bureau of wildlife" joke, boasting about being "whiter" than Joe (!), reeked with freaking racism vs Blacks and were especially showing when it comes to who was the more right in the head of the two.

    No disrespect to either though as both were great warriors.
     
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