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Re: Boxing 2011
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/15728360.stm
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Muhammed Ali and a host of boxing greats were in attendance at the funeral of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier in Philadelphia on Monday.
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And in a moving tribute, Reverend Jackson made a case for the city of Philadephia to honour Frazier, comparing him to a boxing film legend, portrayed in movies by Sylvester Stallone, of whom there is a statue in the city.
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When asked by reporters how Frazier should be remembered, Jackson replied: "As a great boxing champion and a great humanitarian. A boxing champion because he won the gold medal, because he was the real world champion, because he did not inherit, he earned it."
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The legend will always live on.
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