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In reply to the discussion: If you want a different candidate than Joe Biden, here's what you need to do [View all]H2O Man
(79,279 posts)Buster Mathis beat Smokin' Joe Frazier twice in the 1964 Olympic trials. But Buster broke a bone in his hand, and opted to step aside. Frazier competed instead. He also had a broken bone in his hand. Joe won the gold.
Big George Foreman -- who won gold in '68 -- was a young contender watching Frazier fight tough Jerry Quarry. The first two rounds of that fight are legendary. The two stood toe-to-toes, each landing vicious punches. George said after the bell, he saw Joe grinning to himself. and tapping himself on the head with both hands ...... for Smoking' Joe loved tough fights. Indeed, from the stary of the third round, he began to wear Quarry out.
I would tell DUers the same thing I told fighters I trained, after telling them these stories: be Smokin' Joe, not Buster.