Willie Herenton vs. Joe Frazier at The Peabody. It’s come to this.
They heard about our Mayor all the way out in Seattle. From the Seattle Times:
Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier is stepping into the ring again — against the mayor of Memphis, Tenn., for a charity fundraiser. The three-round bout between Frazier, 62, and Mayor Willie Herenton, 65, is set for Nov. 30 at The Peabody Memphis hotel and expected to raise $100,000 for the Shelby County Drug Court, an alternative program for nonviolent adult offenders with drug charges.
The best part about it is our Mayor’s humility about his own skills versus the guy who beat Muhammad Ali back in the day.
“I’m not taking this event lightly,” Herenton said at a recent news conference, where the Memphis amateur boxing champ admired Frazier’s abilities but boasted about his own skills as well.
“My hands move so fast, they scare me sometimes,” said Herenton, who regularly exercises and plans to train for two months before the fight.
Best o’ luck, Willie. Just don’t embarass us. More.
