A month after his epic win over Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier wanted to use his celebrity to promote racial harmony — becoming the first African American man to speak before the state legislature in Columbia, S.C. (OnlyAGameNPR)
The rivalry between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali went far outside the boxing ring. Just days before their second fight, 1974’s Ali–Frazier II, the heavyweights met at ABC’s New York television studios for an interview with Howard Cosell.Ali called Frazier"ignorant." Joe Frazier rose from his chair and threatened the seated Ali. Their handlers tried to intervene, but soon the two were wrestling on the floor while horrified stagehands looked on. It was not a hoax.
"There was a sense among his family that, if he stayed in New York, it wouldn't be a positive outcome for him. So they sent him down to Philadelphia to live with his sister, Mazie. She sat down with Joe and she said, 'Look, if you get into trouble down here, there's nothing I can do for you.'" Muhammad Ali lies on the canvas after being knocked down by Joe Frazier in the 15th round of 1971's "Fight of the Century."
Frazier told the legislature that not much had changed since he left Beaufort, about 140 miles south of the state capital. "Joe said, 'Forget it, then,'"Kram says."Because he wasn't going to be a party to furthering the separatism. It bothered Joe. That's not what Joe was about."While Frazier was losing this private battle, Ali continued attacking him in public.
"He basically kept his ties to Beaufort," Kram says."In fact, all during his life, he was connected to Beaufort.""He was available," Kram says."You didn't need to make an appointment to find Joe Frazier in Philadelphia. All you had to do was walk up to the gym on North Broad Street, walk in, and he would have genuine time for you.
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