Friday, September 25, 2009

Joe Frazier fans travel far to hang out with former heavyweight champion

PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS | BY MARK KRAM | Sun, Sep 6, 8:12 AM

PHILADELPHIA -- Wide-eyed, the boy sat down across the table from Joe Frazier, who was eating a spoonful of black raspberry ice cream.

"Can I ask you one last question?" asked Arthur Natalino, who is 13 and an aspiring boxer. "Can anyone throw the left hook the way you did, or was it just something only you could do?"

Cheerfully, Frazier assured the boy: "Anybody can do it. You just have to lean into it. But you have to have this."

He tapped his finger just below his shirt pocket.

"Ribs?" the boy asked.

"No," Frazier said. "Heart." ...

Joe Frazier fans travel far to hang out with former heavyweight champion

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