{"id":1138896,"date":"2020-04-12T12:49:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T16:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1138896"},"modified":"2020-09-01T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:31:02","slug":"when-joe-frazier-took-his-rivalry-with-muhammad-ali-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/when-joe-frazier-took-his-rivalry-with-muhammad-ali-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"When Joe Frazier Took His Rivalry With Muhammad Ali Too Far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Muhammad Ali<\/a> and Joe Frazier engaged in not only one of the best rivalries in the history of boxing but in the history of sports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhammad Ali was well known for running his mouth before big fights and would often use words, not his athletic ability, to get inside his opponents' heads. More often than not, it seemed like hollow banter, a way to promote fights that in turn brought more money to everyone's pockets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Joe Frazier didn't always see things that way and got very offended on certain occasions, even once coming to blows with his rival outside the ring. Even in the years after their final battle, Frazier simply never got over the rivalry and ended up taking things way too far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier started off as friends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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