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Let’s give it up to Smokin' Joe Frazier
He who fights with broken bones for pleasure
He who smites opponents his leisure
He who’s strength cannot have measure
he fights with a countermeasure
By the 12th round he has them going no mas, no mas!
Fists Like the jaws of a tiger could destroy cars
Exists above the laws of human flaws
His fists are faster than macaws and cat paws
You better hope to be on his hit list
Boxing
Now boxing isn’t the most popular sport
Not even the most popular combat sport
It’s a nice sort of sport
Corrupt it is not of that sort
Its unique really that you need gut
And more importantly to be as tough as a nut
It's the type of sport that you cant take a shortcut
Sometimes all you need to win is a blind gut
If you want to be a champion, you'll need a granite chin
And then you will be considered the greatest there's ever been
Or else end the end you'll be seeing twin
When your legs wobble will be when
Heads about as strong as eggs
He who has arms about as long as daddy longlegs legs
end of an era
as of 2016 the last one standing of George Foreman
the masters of the 60-70 are no more, man
the heavyweight champion are buried in the floor at the end of their lifespan
Muhammad the self proclaimed greatest also righteous enough to deny the Vietnam war
Joe Frazier always comes out smokin if you don’t watch out your hips will be broken some more
Big George with the strength to forge diamonds, and the ability to defeat thor
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