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I grew up watching Friday night fights with my Dad. Joe Frazier was such a magnanimous character in the boxing world as was his renowned opponent, Muhammad Ali. my grandfather once brought a poster back from an Ali - Frazier fight in Vegas that i still have.  Frazier was such a vital personality. 

futurejournalismproject:

RIP Joe Frazier, 1944-2011

NYT Obit here.

Image: Ring Magazine, August 1973. Via Society of Publication Designers Cover of the Day.

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