Joe Frazier : (4) " Joe Frazier’s life didn’t start with Ali. I was a Golden Gloves champ. Gold medal in Tokyo ’64. Heavyweight champion of the world long before I fought Ali in the Garden. " - Joe Frazier " This ultimate fighting stuff is something I don’t agree with. Once a man is down, you have to let him have a chance to prove how good he is. " - Joe Frazier " I don’t think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don’t go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they’re nothing. " - Joe Frazier " I don’t mind people want to think Muhammad is the greatest fighter around. Everybody wants to make him great because of his mouth, that he was the best. He was good, but that doesn’t make him great. I proved that. " - Joe Frazier