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Philadelphia's Joe Frazier, 24, will never float like a butterfly or sting like a bee. He does not even practice poetastry or Islam. Though he is no Muhammad Ali, Joltin' Joe is still the second-best heavyweight in the world, and there is excitement in his artless approach to his trade. Utterly lacking in fistic science, Frazier is a slugger in the savage style of Rocky Marciano. "I punch and get punched," says Joe. "He lays it on me, and I lay it on him. That's what fightin' is all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prizefighting: Laying It On | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

...FRANCISCO--"Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, slugging New York Yankee outfielder, received permission from his draft board today to enlist in the Army and will be inducted tomorrow...

Author: By United Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 2/17/1943 | See Source »

...Variety tabulation of best-sellers of 1941 included The Hut-Sut Song, Elmer's Tune, Joltin' Joe Di Maggio, Booglie Wooglie Piggy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Songs of the Times | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

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