A Quote by Muhammad Ali

The roughest and toughest fighter I fought was Joe Frazier

Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali
American - Boxer
January 17, 1942 - June 3, 2016

Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue collar, who would fight anybody. You know, he didn't tell you he was the best fighter pound for pound.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Joe Frazier's life didn't start with Ali. I was a Golden Gloves champ. Gold medal in Tokyo '64. Heavyweight champion of the world long before I fought Ali in the Garden.

Joe Frazier

I wanted to be champ of the world, but I kept hoping something would happen to Frazier. I didn't want to fight him. Nobody wanted to fight Joe Frazier.

George Foreman

I have looked at videos of many great champions like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Joe Frazier, who each had special qualities. I never say one particular fighter is the best ever because each has a special unique style of fighting.

Vasyl Lomachenko

While Frazier was a man of few words / Ali was a world of mouth / but he found his place in history / Now his heart can express him well / Joe Frazier was a silent warrior / whom Ali silently admired / One could not rise without the other

Muhammad Ali

I love touring Canada, and our Calgary fans are among the roughest and toughest.

Tommy Lee

Joe Frazier was the easiest boxer to work with that I ever trained.

Eddie Futch

Joe Frazier is ugly. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class, he cannot talk.

Muhammad Ali

That gal's all skull and no brains. She's like Joe Frazier with lipstick.

George Foreman

Joe Frazier got hit more than me - and he doesn't have Parkinson's.

Muhammad Ali

Every fighter is my toughest challenge to date. After I get done with one fight, the next challenge is the toughest.

Andre Ward

Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali poured scorn on his opponent. Humiliated him. Joe had the heart of a lion but verbally he was out of his depth when Ali got going. One time, as fight day approached, Ali spotted Frazier on a hotel balcony, grabbed a security guard's gun and fired some rounds at him. Everybody knew it wasn't live ammo but it still startled the hell out of Joe.] Go back in your hole, Gorilla, You gonna scare the people! Come out again and I'm gonna kill ya before time!”

Muhammad Ali

Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him.