Losmeister wrote:
but ya know what? frazier caught mad flack cos he said, well, ya know what? i can still walk and talk, and look at Ali. but Alii berated and insulted proud man and
f***ked with his pysche. i love ali. but i also love joe frazier cos he was the wortheirst opponent ali ever had.
Los, I feel the exact same way about the Ali/Frazier situation.
I've actually grown to have disdain toward Ali due to his treatment of Frazier.
He painted Joe as an Uncle Tom when he knew that was categorically false (Frazier supported Ali during his exile when the country turned on him for refusing to go to Vietnam and loaned him money).
But what was worse is the years he spent calling Frazier ugly and stupid.
Absolutely disgusting and I still get upset when I think that a man as great and humble as Frazier was subjected to this.
In a way it ruined his life, he could never understand why Ali was so cruel.
I don't blame Frazier for being bitter and making those comments about Ali, he had been harbouring serious emotions for decades.
I will always have deep sympathy for him, he didn't deserve any of that.
A depressing life that ended with him destitute living in his gym.
Ali is an icon, while Frazier is largely forgotten.
Tragic.
