 | Mike Marqusee - 1999 - 336 páginas
...which, had it come from a white fighter, would have provoked a bitter reaction among black people. "Joe Frazier is too ugly to be champ. Joe Frazier...heavyweight champion should be smart and pretty like me. Ask Joe Frazier, 'How do you feel, champ?' He'll say, 'Duh, duh, duh.' " Frazier resented being cast... | |
 | Russell Duncan, Clara Juncker - 2004 - 284 páginas
...was crucial to the Dozens. Ali varied the interactive form by converting a dialogue into a monologue. "Joe Frazier is too ugly to be champ. Joe Frazier...heavyweight champion should be smart and pretty like me," Ali railed in 1971. Or again, "I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. I should be a postage stamp.... | |
 | Angelo Dundee, Bert Randolph Sugar - 2007 - 354 páginas
...the weeks leading up to the fight, Ali continued his one-note assault on Frazier, saying things like: "The only people rooting for Joe Frazier are white...heavyweight champion should be smart and pretty like me. . . . Anybody black who thinks Frazier can whup me is an Uncle Tom." He continued to salt his barbs... | |
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Joe Frazier is too ugly to be champ. Joe Frazier is too dumb to be champ. The heavyweight champion should be smart and pretty like me. Ask Joe Frazier, 'How do you feel, champ? 