I am cryin' in my whisky glass tonight, folks. Smokin' Joe was one of the greatest boxers of all time. I will never forget the time I went 5 rounds with him in an interspecies exhibition match in Chicago in 1967. Man, could that guy punch! He knocked me down 3 times, I knocked him down twice, and I can honestly say it was the closest thing I've ever experienced to dyin' on my feet.
Damn good thing it was only an exhibition match. I would not want to go twelve rounds with Smokin' Joe. No sir.
The tears are flowin' down! Another great one gone.