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 | FranksWildYears (48)
09/26/2007 | There is an excellent book on the rivalry called "Ghosts of Manilla" that is a rare assessment of the three fights, two fighters and the lasting impact that they had on the sport. It is the only thing I've read that didn't fawn over Ali as "The Greatest" and talked about how at the time of the first fight it was actually Ali that needed to fight Frazier to restore his stature after being barred from boxing for refusing to answer the call to the draft. Frazier gave Ali the shot out of loyalty to the former friend and Champ and Ali exploited his kind gesture by calling him and "Uncle Tom" among many other terrible things. It even claimed that Frazier supported Ali during his time out of the ring becuase Ali's handlers from the Nation of Islam were bleeding him dry. A great read that gives a far greater context to the rivalry than just their relative stats and legacies.
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 | ericneil (0)
12/13/2006 | Undoubtedly an immense rivalry but it was Frazier who benefitted the most. Without Ali he would have been largely unremembered, but Ali had many other great defining moments to ensure his greatness.
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 | CanadaSucks (45)
06/18/2005 | Ahh. . .here we are. Now this is a rivalry. Terrific fights, great storylines, great memories. What's not to like?
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 | jaywilton (26)
04/20/2005 | Well,most of my best friends are Ali fans.But,my least favorite boxing division is heavyweight,with one exception-it's really the only division where David can really beat Goliath(I did say most of my best friends are on the other side),but Frazier was the smaller guy-and he did win their first fight-and I knew where he was coming from,when he said that when Ali lit the Olympic torch(I think at the Atlanta games),he wanted to push him in.
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 | LadyShark4534 (12)
01/14/2005 | Bye Bye Frazier!
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| souljunkie (20)
12/28/2004 | The Greatest rivalry ever in sports! These two men literally fought their own private war in the ring for the world to watch. What I know that makes it even greater than so many rivalries is that these two really did not hate each other unless they were fighting. In spite of all of Ali's mental tormenting of Joe, in the end Ali told the world that Joe was the greatest ever while saying he thought he was going to die in superfight III. Joe never quit, and probably might have died had he not been told to quit. This was the human spririt of two great warriors. Anybody who thought that Ali was a showboat and not willing to press himself was most certainly wrong. They both should be amongst the greatest role models for Black America ever. I come to tears almost every time I lay eyes on Muhamid Ali. The only American icon I have ever admired as much was John Wayne who accomplished far less in the real world.
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 | uofmsparty (0)
11/11/2004 | it was a great rivalry but hmm..how many times did they face each other..an annual thing claims dominance in this case
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 | Randyman (103)
09/18/2004 | Probably just the greatest Boxing rivalry ever. These two men were at polar ends of the African American communities. In truth Joe Frazier had more in common with the average working black man at the time, being the son of a sharecropper. But it was he that got stuck with the Uncle Tom tag. Ali, who grew up much more affluent and middle class, was much more endeared by the majority of blacks. They gave us three memorable bouts. But Ali-Frazier I & III are ring classics for the ages. They gave their all when they fought each other and seemed to bring out the best in themselves when facing each other. When they fought each other the world, literally, stood still.
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