Why did Joe Frazier never fight Ken Norton?
Joe Frazier, who’d sparred with Norton and defeated Ali presciently said of Ali, “He’ll have plenty of trouble!” Though both were top boxers in the mid 1970s, Norton and Frazier never fought each other, in part because they shared the same trainer, Eddie Futch, and also because they were good friends and didn’t want to …
Does Frazier hate Ali?
Frazier: “I hated Ali. God might not like me talking that way, but it’s in my heart. I know things would have been different for me if he hadn’t been around. I’d have gotten a lot more respect.
Where is Earnie Shavers now?
Shavers, of whom Muhammad Ali once said, “He hit me so hard, my kinsfolk in Africa shook,” is living happily on the Wirral, with his English fiancée, working on the final stages of an autobiography, Welcome To The Big Time, that will be published in the summer.
What happened to Muhammad Ali in 1973?
Muhammad Ali, right, winces as Ken Norton hits him with a left to the head in their scheduled 12-round re-match, Sept. 10, 1973 at the Forum in Inglewood, California. (AP Photo) more >
What did Muhammad Ali say to George Futch?
At a ceremony at City Hall in New York nearly 30 years ago that included Ali, Foreman, Frazier and Larry Holmes, Ali said to Futch, “You always gave me trouble.” Yes, he did. It was Futch who developed the strategy for Frazier to defeat Ali in their historic 1971 meeting.
Who was Jim Futch sparring with in the Ali era?
During that time, Futch was also working with an unknown heavyweight in California — an ex-Marine named Norton. While Ali was exiled from boxing, he would travel around to boxing gyms around the country and find heavyweights to spar with him.
Is Muhammad Ali the greatest social change warrior ever?
The magnitude of Muhammad Ali, the social change warrior, is so great that in his passing, it has overshadowed the greatness of Muhammad Ali, the heavyweight champion. There have been plenty of video clips of his fights shown on various networks this week, but they seem to serve as the platform to talk about how Ali touched so many people.