RIP Joe

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/gallery/2011/nov/08/joe-frazier-life-pictures#/?picture=381495216&index=5

 

In the early 90s I was flying to America and a while into the flight became aware of that the queue of people down the aisle was not, in fact, for the toilets. It turned out that Joe Frazier was sitting two rows behind, in economy, on his way back after seeing a fight in London. Boxing didn't give him back what he gave it - he was a former world champ, and whoever invited him to London should have  at least forked out for business class - but he spent the entire flight signing autographs and talking to people. That's class.