Muhammad Ali, from the Upper South city of Louisville, Kentucky, mocked the Beaufort, South Carolina, Low Country–born Joe Frazier, calling him dumb, slow, and ugly. Ali described himself as slicker, prettier, lighter, and better as a boxer and person. It is mortifying to recall that time when a hero diminished himself with an outsized ego. Joe Frazier was still talking about how deeply it hurt him three decades later.
