Saying he couldn’t live a life hating a man forever, Joe Frazier said he would forgive archenemy Muhammad Ali for all the invectives and insults the world heavyweight has been hurling at him for five years.

Speaking with this writer inside his suite on the eve of his October 1, 1975 showdown with Ali , “Smokin” Joe said: “There’s a lot of animosity at this particular time. But I’m a guy who couldn’t go hating a man for the rest of my life.”

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