Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Frazier Monument

I gotta say I agree with Jesse Jackson


From the NY Times:

 In his familiar, incantatory style, Jackson said that if Rocky, a fighter that existed only on the movie screen, deserved a statue in downtown Philadelphia, so did Frazier, a somewhat forgotten figure whose former gym in north Philadelphia is now a store that sells furniture and mattresses.
Michael A. Nutter, Philadelphia's mayor, has said he was working with the Frazier family to build a memorial, an idea that seemed to gain momentum with the rhythm of Jackson's eulogy.
"Rocky is fictitious; Joe was reality," Jackson said. "Rocky's fists are frozen in stone. Joe's fists were smokin'. Rocky never faced Ali or Holmes or Norton or Foreman. Rocky never tasted his own blood. Champions are made in the ring, not in the movies."        

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