2. A dwelling tribute to Joe Frazier & Philly boxing historical past
Prior to there was once Rocky, there was once Joe, the real-life Philly boxing icon who impressed Stallone.
Rocky punching the slaughterhouse meat? Joe did it first. That iconic run up the stairs? That was once Joe, too. The heavyweight champion even made a cameo within the first movie.
Smokin Joe Frazier at weigh-in on the Philippine Coliseum, 1975, Leroy Neiman, American painter and printmaker, 1927-2012, ROK-51
— Photograph courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Artwork
Don’t omit tributes to Frazier’s history-making Madison Sq. Lawn fit in opposition to Muhammad Ali — the “Battle of the Century” — rendered thru images, poetry, watercolor and movie.
You’ll additionally in finding memorabilia, together with his boxing gloves; pictures of him out and in of the hoop, narrated in his personal voice; plus homages to hallowed North Philly boxing grounds, Joe Frazier’s Fitness center and the Blue Horizon Fitness center.
Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 1990, 1990, Larry Fink, American, 1941 – 2023, 2023-81-4
— Photograph courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Artwork
