“Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head.”

—  Muhammad Ali

As quoted at "Ali's Quotes" at BBC Sport : Boxing (17 January 2007) http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6267397.stm

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