“Smokin” Joe Frazier died on November 7th 2011 and on September 13th 2015 a statue of the former undisputed heavyweight champion was unveiled in front of the Xfinity Center in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Frazier’s adopted hometown. This weekend in his honor a statue of former WBC/IBF heavyweight champion Larry Holmes will be unveiled in his adopted hometown of Easton Pennsylvania. Both Frazier and Holmes are without question among the top-10 greatest heavyweight champions who have yet lived and are more than deserving of the honor and lofty praise bestowed upon them. In retirement Joe and Larry became good friends and were two of the best ambassadors for boxing the sport has ever had.
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“The centerpiece of the Holmes monument is of him firing that beautiful jab, his signature punch.”
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Compliments and thanks to fellow-writer Frank Lotierzo for a great article: http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles-frontpage/21859-holmes-unlike-frazier-lives-to-see-statue-honoring-himself
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