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RIP, Smokin' Joe Frazier.
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<blockquote data-quote="VanC" data-source="post: 876941" data-attributes="member: 3355"><p>You need to wake up and smell the coffee. He DID lose his fight license and along with it four years of his prime boxing years and millions of dollars in potential revenue. His conviction was finally overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.</p><p></p><p>You say he was afraid to fight when there were real consequences. Now THAT'S funny. If he had enlisted, do you think he would have been sent anywhere near the fighting? No, he would have spent a couple of years giving boxing exibitions for the troops and making recruiting films, just like Joe Louis did during WWII. </p><p></p><p>He knew the consequences of what he was doing. It would have been a lot easier for him to enlist, do some cushy time, and then go back to boxing as a national hero, just like Louis did. But he didn't take the easy way out. He took a road that cost him millions of dollars and brought hatred and scorn down on him from most of the American public. Which do think took more guts?</p><p></p><p>Personally, I didn't agree with what he did. But the man stood by his principles even when he knew it would cost him dearly. I admire him for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VanC, post: 876941, member: 3355"] You need to wake up and smell the coffee. He DID lose his fight license and along with it four years of his prime boxing years and millions of dollars in potential revenue. His conviction was finally overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. You say he was afraid to fight when there were real consequences. Now THAT'S funny. If he had enlisted, do you think he would have been sent anywhere near the fighting? No, he would have spent a couple of years giving boxing exibitions for the troops and making recruiting films, just like Joe Louis did during WWII. He knew the consequences of what he was doing. It would have been a lot easier for him to enlist, do some cushy time, and then go back to boxing as a national hero, just like Louis did. But he didn't take the easy way out. He took a road that cost him millions of dollars and brought hatred and scorn down on him from most of the American public. Which do think took more guts? Personally, I didn't agree with what he did. But the man stood by his principles even when he knew it would cost him dearly. I admire him for that. [/QUOTE]
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