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I loved fighting... It gave me the opportunity to prove myself, to stand up and say, 'I'm the best. I matter. I am.'

Joe Frazier

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Joe Frazier
Age: 67 †
Born: 1944
Born: January 12
Died: 2011
Died: November 7
Actor
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Professional Boxer
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Beaufort
South Carolina
Joseph William Frazier
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A sound body keeps a sound mind.
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If you cheat in the dark of the morning, you'll get found in the bright lights of the night.
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There are places on a man's head that are as hard as a rock. Your head's actually stronger than your body. And you don't have too many instruments up there workin'.
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I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities.
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I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.
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His mouth made him feel like he was gonna win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had his lips.
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