As Joe Frazier sat in the Sheraton City Squire Hotel in midtown on the eve of his March 1971 fight against Muhammad Ali, he wasn't concerned with Ali's rope-a-dope or overhand right. Smokin' Joe was worried that Ali would try to back out of the fight. "I sent my security guards out to find Ali," Frazier said. "I wanted to make sure he wasn't going... Read on
