1) "I hit him with body shots that would have brought down buildings."
--Muhammad Ali, on the heart of Joe Frazier
2) "It's like putting a Volkswagen in the Indianapolis 500."
---Ron Standler's wife, on Standler facing Joe Frazier
3) "I've made the National Anthem a six point underdog."
--Jimmy The Greek, on Joe Frazier singing the National Anthem before a fight
4) "Herbert (Muhammad) and I know what we want. Now, put it in law language."
--Yancy Durham, Frazier's manager, on arranging the first Frazier-Ali fight
5) "There was never a fight in the ring where Joe didn't give one hundred percent."
--Bob Arum
That's great stuff from Smoking Joe Mike. I seriously think Ali-Frazier took off a few years of each others life with those epic 3 battles.
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