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“Champions aren’t made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights.” –Joe Frazier Tokyo, 1964. A young Joe Frazier stepped onto the Olympic stage, not as the favorite, but as the fighter who refused to be stopped. Filling in for an injured Buster Mathis, he wasn’t about to let anything— not even a broken thumb—keep him from chasing gold. “Pain or not, Joe Frazier of Beaufort, South Carolina, was going for gold,” he said. And he did just that. Here’s to “Smokin’” Joe Frazier—Olympic champion, American icon, and the definition of unstoppable. Officially licensed by Joe Frazier.