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American boxer (1944–2011)

Joe Frazier
Frazier in 1996
Statistics
Real name	Joseph William Frazier
Nickname(south)	Smokin' Joe Frazier
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	5 ft 11+ 1⁄2  in (182 cm)[i]
Attain	73 in (185 cm)
Born	(1944-01-12)January 12, 1944 Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	November 7, 2011(2011-11-07) (aged 67) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Opinion	Orthodox
Battle record
Total fights	37
Wins	32
Wins by KO	27
Losses	iv
Draws	one
Medal record Men'due south apprentice boxing Representing United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Heavyweight

Joseph William Frazier (Jan 12, 1944 – November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981. He was known for his forcefulness, durability, formidable punching ability, and relentless pressure fighting style and was the first boxer to beat Muhammad Ali. Frazier reigned as the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1970 to 1973 and as an apprentice won a golden medal at the 1964 Summertime Olympics.

Frazier emerged as the elevation contender in the late 1960s, defeating opponents that included Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, Buster Mathis, Eddie Machen, Doug Jones, George Chuvalo, and Jimmy Ellis en route to becoming undisputed heavyweight champion in 1970, and he followed up by defeating Ali by unanimous determination in the highly anticipated Fight of the Century in 1971. Ii years later on, Frazier lost his title to George Foreman. Frazier fought on and vanquish Joe Bugner, lost a rematch to Ali, and trounce Quarry and Ellis again.

Frazier'south last globe title challenge came in 1975, but he was beaten by Ali in the cruel prophylactic friction match, the Thrilla in Manila. Frazier retired in 1976 later on a second loss to Foreman only made a comeback in 1981. He fought just once before retiring for proficient, finishing his career with a tape of 32 wins, 4 losses, and ane draw. The International Boxing Research Organization rates Frazier among the ten greatest heavyweights of all time.^[ii]

The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1967, 1970, and 1971, and the Battle Writers Association of America (BWAA) named him Fighter of the Twelvemonth in 1969, 1971, and 1975. In 1999, The Ring ranked him the eighth greatest heavyweight.^[3] He is an inductee of both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame, having been a part of the inaugural induction grade of 1990 for the IBHF.^[four]

His style was frequently compared with that of Henry Armstrong and occasionally Rocky Marciano and was dependent on bobbing, weaving, and relentless force per unit area to wear down his opponents. His all-time-known dial was a powerful left hook, which deemed for most of his knockouts. In his career, he lost to simply two fighters, both former Olympic and globe heavyweight champions: twice to Muhammad Ali and twice to George Foreman.

After retiring, Frazier fabricated cameo appearances in several Hollywood movies and ii episodes of The Simpsons. His son Marvis became a boxer and was trained by Joe Frazier himself. Marvis lost a title shot to heavyweight champion Larry Holmes in 1983 and was knocked out in the first round by an upwards-and-coming Mike Tyson in 1986. Marvis concluded his career with a record of 19 wins and those 2 losses. Frazier'south girl Jacqui Frazier-Lyde also boxed professionally and is a former WIBA world calorie-free-heavyweight champion who ended her career with a record of 13 wins and 1 loss, with her sole loss coming in a majority-decision-points loss to Laila Ali, Ali's daughter, in a fight dubbed equally "Ali–Frazier IV".

Frazier continued to railroad train fighters in his gym in Philadelphia. His attitude towards Ali in later life was largely characterized past bitterness and antipathy but was interspersed with brief reconciliations.

Frazier was diagnosed with liver cancer in late September 2011 and admitted to hospice care.^[five] He died of complications from the disease on November 7, 2011.^[vi]

Early life [edit]

Joe Frazier was born January 12, 1944,^[7] the twelfth kid of Dolly Alston-Frazier and Rubin in Beaufort, South Carolina. He was raised in a rural community of Beaufort called Laurel Bay.^{[viii] [9]} Frazier said that he was ever close to his male parent, who carried him when he was a toddler "over the 10 acres of farmland" the Fraziers worked as sharecroppers "to the still where he fabricated his bootleg corn liquor, and into town on Saturdays to buy the necessities that a family of x needed." He was affectionately chosen "Billie Boy".^[viii]

Rubin Frazier had his left hand burned and part of his forearm amputated in a tractor accident the year that his son was born. Rubin Frazier and his wife, Dolly, had been in their car while Arthur Smith, who was drunk, passed past and made a move for Dolly but was rebuffed. Stefan Gallucci, a local barkeep, recounted the feel. When the Fraziers drove abroad, Smith fired at them several times and hit Dolly in the foot and Rubin several times in his arm. Smith was convicted and sent to prison merely did not stay long. Dolly said, "If y'all were a proficient workman, the white human being took you out of jail and kept y'all busy on the farm."^[10]

Frazier's parents worked their subcontract with two mules: Cadet and Jenny. The farmland was what country people called "white clay, which is another fashion of maxim it isn't worth a damn." They could non grow peas or corn on it, only cotton and watermelons.^[10]

In the early 1950s, Frazier's male parent bought a blackness-and-white television. The family and others nearby came to spotter boxing matches on it. Frazier'south mother sold drinks for a quarter as they watched boxers like Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Willie Pep, and Rocky Graziano. One dark, Frazier's Uncle State of israel noticed his stocky build. "That boy at that place... that male child is gonna be some other Joe Louis", he remarked. The words fabricated an impression on Joe. His classmates at schoolhouse would give him a sandwich or a quarter to walk with them at final bell so that bullies would not bother them. Frazier said, "Any 'scamboogah' [disrespectful, low-downward and foul person] who got in my face would soon regret it; Billie Boy could kick anybody's donkey." The day after his uncle's annotate, Frazier filled old burlap sack with rags, corncobs, a brick, and Castilian moss. He hung the makeshift heavybag from an oak tree in the backyard. "For the adjacent 6, 7 years, damn virtually every day I'd hit that heavybag for an hour at a time. I'd wrap my easily with a necktie of my Daddy'south, or a stocking of my Momma'due south or sister's, and get to it," he remarked.^[11]

Not long subsequently Frazier started working, his left arm was seriously injured while he was running from the family unit's 300-pound grunter. One 24-hour interval, Frazier poked the grunter with a stick and ran abroad. The gate to the pigpen was open, however, and the hog chased him. Frazier barbarous and hit his left arm on a brick. His arm was torn badly, only as the family could not afford a medico, the arm had to heal on its own. He was never able to go along it fully straight over again.^[12]

When Frazier was 15 years old, he had been working on a farm for a family unit named Bellamy. They were both white men: Mac was younger and more easy-going, and Jim was a piddling rougher and somewhat backward. One day, a lilliputian black male child about 12 years old accidentally damaged one of the Bellamys' tractors. Jim became so enraged he took off his belt and whipped the boy with his chugalug correct at that place in the field. Frazier saw the event and went dorsum to the packing house on the farm and told his black friends what he had seen. Soon, Jim saw Frazier and asked him why he told what he had witnessed. Joe then told Bellamy he did non know what he was talking well-nigh, but Jim did not believe Frazier and told him to get off the subcontract before he took off his belt once again. Frazier told him to go on his pants up considering he was not going to employ his belt on him. Jim and then analyzed Frazier for a scrap and eventually said, "Keep, get the hell outta hither." Joe knew from that moment it was fourth dimension for him to leave Beaufort, and he could see simply hard times and low rent for himself. Even his Momma could meet it. She told Frazier, "Son, if you can't go along with the white folks, then go out home considering I don't want anything to happen to you."^[13]

The railroad train fare from Beaufort to the cities upward north was costly, and the closest autobus stop was in Charleston, 75 miles (121 km) abroad. Luckily, by 1958, the Greyhound Lines bus (called "The Dog" by locals in Beaufort) had finally made Beaufort a finish on its South Carolina route. Frazier had a brother, Tommy, in New York and was told that he could stay with Tommy and his family. Frazier had to save up a bit before he could brand the omnibus trip to New York and nevertheless have some money in his pocket, and then he first went to work at the local Coca-Cola plant. Joe remarked that the white guy would bulldoze the truck and that he would do the real work stacking and unloading the crates. Joe stayed with Coca-Cola until the government began edifice houses for the Marines stationed at Parris Island, when he was hired on a piece of work crew.

9 months eventually passed since he got the boot from the Bellamy farm. One twenty-four hours, with no fanfare and no bawling goodbyes, Frazier packed quickly and got the first bus heading northward. Joe finally settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: "I climbed on the Canis familiaris'southward back and rode through the night. It was 1959; I was 15 years former and I was on my own."^[14]

Apprentice career [edit]

During Frazier'southward apprentice career, he won Gilded Gloves heavyweight championships in 1962, 1963, and 1964. His merely loss in 3 years as an amateur was to Buster Mathis.^[xv] Mathis would bear witness to be Joe'south biggest obstacle to making the 1964 US Olympic boxing team. They met in the final of the United states of america Olympic trials at the New York Earth's Off-white in the summertime of 1964. Their fight was scheduled for iii rounds and they fought with 10-oz gloves and with headgear, but the boxers who made it to Tokyo would wear no headgear and would habiliment 8-oz gloves. Frazier was eager to become back at Mathis for his only amateur loss and knocked out two opponents to get to the finals. However, in one case again when the grit settled, the judges had called it for Mathis, undeservedly Joe idea. "All that fatty boy had done was run similar a thief- hit me with a peck and backpedal like crazy," he would remark.^[15]

Mathis had worn his trunks very high and then that when Frazier hitting Mathis with legitimate body shots, the referee took a dim view of them. In the second round, the referee had gone and then far equally to penalize Joe two points for hitting below the belt. "In a three-round bout a human being can't beget a points deduction like that," Frazier said. He then returned to Philadelphia and felt as low as he had ever been and even idea of giving upwardly battle. Duke Dugent and his trainer, Yank Durham, were able to talk him out of his doldrums and even suggested that Frazier make the trip to Tokyo every bit an alternating in instance something happened to Mathis. Frazier agreed and was a workhorse there, sparring with any of the Olympic boxers who wanted some action. "Middleweight, light heavyweight, it didn't affair to me, I got in there and boxed all comers," he said. In contrast, Mathis was slacking off. In the morn, when the Olympic team would do their roadwork, Mathis would run a mile and outset walking and say, "Get ahead, big Joe. I'll grab up."^[16]

Frazier'south amateur record was 38–two.^[xvi]

1964 Summer Olympics [edit]

In 1964, heavyweight representative Buster Mathis qualified but was injured, and and so Frazier was sent as a replacement. At the heavyweight battle event, Frazier knocked out George Oywello of Uganda in the first round, so knocked out Athol McQueen of Australia 40 seconds into the third round. He was and so into the semifinal, as the only American boxer left, facing the 6'ii", 214-lb Vadim Yemelyanov of the Soviet Wedlock.^[17]

"My left hook was a heat-seeking missile, careening off his face and body time and again. Twice in the second round I knocked him to the canvass. But as I pounded abroad, I felt a jolt of hurting shoot through my left arm. Oh damn, the thumb," Frazier said. He knew immediately the thumb of his left paw was damaged, but he was unsure equally to the extent. "In the midst of the fight, with your adrenaline pumping, information technology's hard to gauge such things. My mind was on more important matters. Like how I was going to deal with Yemelyanov for the rest of the fight." The match ended when the Soviet's handlers threw in the towel at one:49 in the 2d round, and the referee raised Frazier'southward injured mitt in victory.

Now that Frazier was into the final, he mentioned his broken thumb to no one. He went back to his room and soaked his thumb in hot water and Epsom salts. "Pain or not, Joe Frazier of Beaufort, Southward Carolina, was going for gold," he proclaimed. He went on to fight German Hans Huber, viii years his senior. Frazier was now used to fighting bigger guys, but non with a damaged left mitt. When the opening bong sounded on fight nighttime, Joe came out, started swinging punches, and threw his right manus more usual that night. Every so often, he would employ his left hook, but goose egg landed with the kind of impact that he had managed in previous bouts. He won a 3-2 determination.^[18]

Professional person career [edit]

Later Frazier won the only American 1964 Olympic boxing gold medal, his trainer Yancey "Yank" Durham helped put together Cloverlay, a group of local businessmen (including a immature Larry Merchant) who invested in Frazier's professional person career and immune him to train full fourth dimension. Durham was Frazier's primary trainer and manager until Durham's death in August 1973.

Frazier turned professional person in 1965 past defeating Woody Goss by a technical knockout in the first round. He won three more than fights that yr, all past knockout and none going past the third circular. Afterwards that twelvemonth, he was in a training accident in which he suffered an injury that left him legally blind in his left heart.^[19] During pre-fight physicals, after reading the eye chart with his correct eye, when prompted to cover his other eye, Frazier switched hands just covered his left middle for a second time, and land athletic commission physicians seemed not to notice or act.^[xx]

Frazier's 2d contest was of involvement in that he was decked in the round by Mike Bruce. Frazier took an "eight" count by referee Bob Polis but rallied for a TKO over Bruce in the third round.^[21]

In 1966, as Frazier'southward career was taking off, Durham contacted Los Angeles trainer Eddie Futch. The two men had never met, but Durham had heard of Futch, who had a reputation every bit one of the virtually respected trainers in boxing. Frazier was sent to Los Angeles to train before Futch agreed to join Durham every bit an assistant trainer. With Futch's assistance, Durham arranged three fights in Los Angeles against journeyman Al Jones, veteran contender Eddie Machen and George "Chip Atomic number 26" Johnson. Frazier knocked out Jones and Machen but surprisingly went through 10 rounds with journeyman Johnson to win a unanimous decision. Johnson had apparently bet all his purse that he would survive to the concluding bell, noted Ring Magazine, and he somehow achieved it. Still Johnson was known in the merchandise as "impossibly durable".

Later on the Johnson match, Futch became a full-fledged member of the Frazier camp equally an assistant trainer and strategist, who advised Durham on matchmaking. Information technology was Futch who suggested that Frazier boycott the 1967 WBA Heavyweight Elimination Tournament to observe a successor to Muhammad Ali after the Heavyweight Champion was stripped of his title for refusing to be inducted into the military, although Frazier was the top-ranked contender at the time.

Futch proved invaluable to Frazier as an assistant trainer and helped modify his style. Under Futch's tutelage, Frazier adopted the bob-and-weave defensive style by making him more difficult for taller opponents to punch and giving Frazier more than power with his own punches. Futch remained based in Los Angeles, where he worked as a supervisor with the US Post, and flew to Philadelphia to work with Frazier during the final preparations for all of his fights.

After Durham died of a stroke on August thirty, 1973, Futch was asked to succeed him as Frazier's head trainer and manager. He was training the heavyweight contender Ken Norton, who lost a rematch confronting Ali less than ii weeks before Durham's death. Then, Norton's managers, Robert Biron and Aaron Rivkind, demanded that Futch cull to train either Frazier or Norton, with Futch choosing Frazier.

Mid-to-late 1960s [edit]

Now in his second year, in September 1966 and somewhat green, Frazier won a close decision over rugged contender Oscar Bonavena, despite Bonavena flooring him twice in the 2nd round. A tertiary knockdown in that round would take ended the fight under the three knockdown dominion. Frazier rallied and won a decision subsequently 12 rounds. The Machen win followed that competition.

In 1967, Frazier stormed ahead winning all vi of his fights, including a sixth-circular knockout of Doug Jones and a roughshod 4th round (TKO) of Canadian George Chuvalo. No boxer had always stopped Chuvalo, but Frazier, despite the stoppage, was unable to floor Chuvalo, who would never be dropped in his entire career despite fighting numerous meridian names.

By February 1967, Joe had scored fourteen wins and his star was outset to ascension. This culminated with his kickoff advent on the embrace of Ring Magazine. That calendar month, he met Ali, who had not even so been stripped of his title. Ali said that Joe would never stand a risk of "whipping" him fifty-fifty in his wildest dreams. After that year, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his world heavyweight title because of his refusal to have the armed forces draft during the Vietnam War.

To fill the vacancy, the New York Land Athletic Committee held a tour between Frazier and Buster Mathis, who were undefeated going into the match, with the winner to be recognized every bit "World Champion" by New York State. Although the fight was not recognized as a Earth Championship bout by some, Frazier won past a knockout in the 11th round and staked a merits to the Heavyweight Championship.

Laying claims [edit]

Frazier get-go defended his claim past beating hard-hitting prospect Manuel Ramos of Mexico. His victory came in only two rounds.

He airtight 1968 by over again chirapsia Oscar Bonavena via a 15-round decision in a hard-fought rematch. Bonavena fought somewhat defensively and allowed himself to be often bulled to the ropes, which let Frazier build a wide points margin. Ring Magazine showed Bonavena afterwards with a gruesomely hobbling face. It had been a punishing match.

In 1969, Frazier dedicated his NYSAC title in Texas and beat Dave Zyglewicz, who had lost only one time in 29 fights, by a first-round knockout. Then, he beat Jerry Quarry in a 7th-round stoppage. The competitive, exciting match with Quarry was named Ring Mag fight of the year in 1969. Frazier showed he could do a lot more than merely slug by using his newly-honed defensive skills to slip, bob, and weave a barrage of punches from Quarry despite Quarry'due south reputation equally an fantabulous counter-punching heavyweight.

World Championship win [edit]

On February 16, 1970, Frazier faced WBA Champion Jimmy Ellis at Madison Foursquare Garden. Ellis had outpointed Jerry Quarry in the concluding bout of the WBA elimination tournament for Ali's vacated belt. Frazier had declined to participate in the WBA tournament to protest their conclusion to strip Ali. Ellis held impressive wins over Oscar Bonavena and Leotis Martin, among others. Beforehand, Ali had announced his retirement and relinquished the Heavyweight title, allowing Ellis and Frazier to fight for the undisputed title, only both lacked any lineal claim. Frazier won past a technical knockout when Ellis'south trainer Angelo Dundee would not permit him come out for the fifth circular following two quaternary-round knockdowns, the first knockdowns of Ellis's career. Frazier'due south decisive win over Ellis was a frightening brandish of power and tenacity.

In his first championship defense, Frazier traveled to Detroit to fight World Lite Heavyweight Champion Bob Foster, who would continue to set a record for the number of title defenses in the light-heavyweight division. Frazier (26–0) retained his title by twice floor the hard-punching Foster in the second round. The second knockdown was delivered past a devastating left hook, and Foster could not beat the count. So came what was hyped as the "Fight of the Century", his start fight with Muhammad Ali, who had launched a comeback in 1970 afterwards a three-twelvemonth suspension from boxing. Information technology would exist the first meeting of two undefeated heavyweight champions (and the last until Mike Tyson faced Michael Spinks in 1988) since Ali (31–0) had not lost his title in the ring but been stripped because of his refusal to be conscripted into the armed forces. Some considered him to be the true champion, and the fight would crown the one true heavyweight champion.

Fight of the Century: outset fight versus Ali [edit]

On March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden, Frazier and Ali met in the first of their three bouts which was called the "Fight of the Century".^[22] With an international telly audience and an in-house audience that included singers and actors and with Burt Lancaster (who served as "colour commentator" with the fight announcer, Don Dunphy), both undefeated heavyweights met in a media-frenzied atmosphere reminiscent of Joe Louis's youth.

Several factors came together for Frazier in the fight. He was 27 and mentally and physically at his peak. Ali was 29 and coming back from a three-twelvemonth absence. He had had two adept wins in his comeback, including a bruising, fifteen-circular technical knockout win over Oscar Bonavena.^[23]

Frazier and Futch noticed Ali's tendency to throw a correct-hand uppercut from a direct standing position after dropping the paw in preparation to throw it with force. Futch instructed Frazier to watch Ali'south right hand and, once Ali dropped information technology, to throw a left hook at the spot that they knew Ali'southward face would be a 2nd later.

In a brutal and competitive contest, Frazier lost the first two rounds simply was able to withstand Ali's combinations. Frazier was known to improve in middle rounds, which was the case with Ali. Frazier came on strong afterward the third round round by landing hard shots to the torso and powerful left hooks to the head. Frazier won a xv-round unanimous determination 9–half-dozen, 11–four, eight–six–1 and claimed the lineal title. Ali was taken to a hospital immediately later on the fight to cheque that his severely-bloated right-side jaw was not really cleaved. Frazier also spent time in infirmary during the ensuing month, the exertions of the fight having been exacerbated by hypertension and a kidney infection.

Subsequently that yr, he fought a 3-round exhibition confronting hard-hitting veteran contender Cleveland Williams. In 1972, Frazier successfully dedicated the title twice by knocking out Terry Daniels and Ron Stander in the fourth and fifth rounds, respectively. Daniels had earlier drawn with Jerry Quarry and Stander had knocked out Earnie Shavers.

Loses title to George Foreman [edit]

Frazier lost his undefeated record of 29–0 and his earth championship, at the easily of the unbeaten George Foreman on January 22, 1973, in Kingston, Jamaica. Despite Frazier beingness the overall favorite, Foreman towered 10 cm (4 in.) over the more compact champion along with an eight in. reach reward and dominated from the start. Ii minutes into the first round, Foreman knocked Frazier downwards for the first fourth dimension. In the 2d round, afterwards Frazier was knocked down for the sixth time, the referee Arthur Mercante, Sr., stopped the contest with the fight a dominant victory for Foreman.

Frazier won his next fight, a 12-round conclusion over Joe Bugner, in London to brainstorm his quest to regain the title.

Mid-1970s: 2d fight against Ali [edit]

Promotional photo for the Frazier vs Ali second fight

Frazier's second fight against Ali took place on Jan 28, 1974 in New York City. In dissimilarity to their previous meeting, the tour was a non-title fight, with Ali winning a 12-round unanimous decision. The fight was notable for the corporeality of clinching.

Five months afterward, Frazier again battled Jerry Quarry in Madison Square Garden by winning the fight in the fifth round with a strong left hook to the ribs.

In March 1975, Frazier fought a rematch with Jimmy Ellis in Melbourne, Australia, and knocked him out in nine rounds. The win again established Frazier equally the top heavyweight challenger for the title, which Ali had won from Foreman in the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" v months earlier.

Thrilla in Manila: tertiary Ali fight [edit]

Ali and Frazier met for the 3rd and terminal time in Quezon City (a district of Manila, the Philippines), on October 1, 1975. Prior to the fight, Ali took opportunities to mock Frazier past calling him a '"gorilla" and more often than not trying to irritate him.

The fight was a punishing display on both sides under oppressively-hot conditions. During the fight, Ali said to Frazier, "They said you were through, Joe." Frazier said, "They lied." Ali repeatedly held Frazier around the dorsum of his neck with his correct hand, a violation of the rules that went unpunished by the referee. Subsequently 14 grueling rounds, Ali returned to his corner enervating they cut his gloves and cease the bout.^[24] Nonetheless, Dundee ignored Ali. This proved fortuitous, as across the ring, Futch stopped the fight out of concern for his accuse. Frazier had a closed left eye, an virtually-closed right eye, and a cut. Ali later said that it was the "closest affair to dying that I know of."^[25]

In 1977, Ali told the interviewer Reg Gutteridge that he felt this third Frazier fight was his best functioning. When Gutteridge suggested his win over Cleveland Williams, Ali said, "No, Frazier'due south much tougher and rougher than Cleveland Williams."

Fighting Foreman again [edit]

In 1976, Frazier (32–three) fought George Foreman for a second fourth dimension, shaving his head for the fight. Frazier was more restrained than usual and avoided walking into big shots like he had done in their offset lucifer. Notwithstanding, Foreman lobbed a tremendous left claw that lifted Frazier off his anxiety. After a 2d knockdown, the fight was stopped in the fifth round. Shortly after the fight, Frazier announced his retirement.

Frazier made a cameo appearance in the movie Rocky later in 1976 and dedicated himself to preparation local boxers in Philadelphia, where he grew upward, including some of his ain children. He likewise helped railroad train Duane Bobick.

1980s comeback and career as trainer [edit]

In 1981, Frazier attempted a comeback. He drew over 10 rounds with hulking Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings in Chicago, Illinois. It was a bruising boxing with mixed reviews. He then retired for good.

Then, Frazier involved himself in various endeavors. Among his sons who turned to boxing as a career, Frazier helped train Marvis Frazier, a challenger for Larry Holmes'south world heavyweight title. He also trained his daughter, Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, who became a WIBA earth calorie-free-heavyweight champion whose most notable fight was a close majority decision points loss against Laila Ali, the daughter of his rival.

Frazier's overall tape was 32 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw, with 27 wins by knockout. He won 73% of his fights by knockout, compared to 60% for Ali and 84% for Foreman. He was a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.

In 1984, Frazier was the special referee for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship match between Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes at Starrcade '84. He awarded the match to Flair because of Rhodes'south excessive bleeding.

In 1986, Frazier appeared as the "cornerman" for Mr. T against Roddy Piper at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum as part of WrestleMania ii. In 1989, Frazier joined Ali, Foreman, Norton, and Holmes for the tribute special Champions Forever.

Frazier was inducted into the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame in 1996.^[26]

Other work [edit]

Media appearances [edit]

Frazier appeared as himself in an episode of The Simpsons - "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" in 1992, in which he was supposed to take been beaten up past Barney Gumble in Moe'southward Tavern. Frazier's son objected, so Frazier was instead shown beating upwardly Gumble and putting him in a trash can. Frazier appeared in another episode of The Simpsons - "Homer's Paternity Coot" in 2006. He appeared on-screen in the 8th series of The Celebrity Apprentice (USA) television show equally a guest-attendee at a Silent Auction result held for the season finale (won by Joan Rivers). Frazier appeared as himself in the Academy Award-winning 1976 movie, Rocky. Since the debut of the Fight Night series of games made by EA Sports, Frazier appeared in Fight Night 2004, Fight Nighttime Round 2, Fight Night Round 3, Fight Nighttime Round 4 and Fight Dark Champion.

Books [edit]

Frazier released his autobiography in March 1996, entitled Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier. Frazier promoted the book with a memorable appearance on The Howard Stern Show on January 23, 1996.^[27]

He also wrote Box like the Pros,^[28] "a complete introduction to the sport, including the game'due south history, rules of the ring, how fights are scored, how to spar, the basics of defence and offence, the fighter'south workout, a directory of boxing gyms, and much more than. Box Like the Pros is an educational activity manual, a historical reference tool and an insider's guide to the earth's well-nigh controversial sport."^[29]

Financial issues and legal battles [edit]

Joe Frazier's Gym in Philadelphia for sale in 2009

According to an article from The New York Times, "over the years, Frazier has lost a fortune through a combination of his ain generosity and naïveté, his carousing, and failed concern opportunities. The other headliners from his fighting days—Ali, George Foreman, and Larry Holmes—are millionaires." Asked about his situation, Frazier became playfully defensive, but would not reveal his fiscal status. "Are you asking me how much money I have?" he said. "I got plenty of money. I got a stack of $100 bills rolled up over there in the dorsum of the room." Frazier blamed himself, partly, for not finer promoting his own paradigm. In a 2006 HBO documentary on the fight in Manila, Frazier was interviewed living in a one-room apartment on the second floor of his gym.^[30]

His girl Jacqui Frazier-Lyde is a lawyer and worked on her father's behalf in pursuit of money they claimed he was owed in a Pennsylvania country bargain. In 1973, Frazier purchased 140 acres in Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania for $843,000. Five years later, a developer agreed to buy the farmland for $1.8 million. Frazier received annual payments from a trust that bought the land with money he had earned in the ring. Withal, when the trust went broke, the payments ceased.

Frazier sued his business partners, insisting his signature had been forged on documents and he had no knowledge of the sale. In the ensuing years, the 140 acres was subdivided and turned into a residential community. The land is now worth an estimated $100 1000000.^[31]

Human relationship with Muhammad Ali [edit]

Initially, Frazier and Ali were friends. During Ali's enforced three-year lay-off from boxing for refusing to be drafted into the US Regular army, Frazier lent him money, testified before Congress and petitioned US President Richard Nixon to have Ali's right to box reinstated.^[32] Frazier supported Ali's right not to serve in the regular army: "If Baptists weren't allowed to fight, I wouldn't fight either."^[33]

However, in the build-up to their offset fight, the Fight of the Century, Ali turned it into a "cultural and political plebiscite" by painting himself equally a revolutionary and civil rights champion and Frazier equally the white man'south hope. Ali called him an "Uncle Tom" and a pawn of the white establishment as Frazier chosen him Clay.^{[34] [35]} Ali successfully turned many black Americans against Frazier because Frazier never spoke out most race issues, and Ali could easily pigment himself as hero to oppressed blackness people. Bryant Gumbel joined the pro-Ali anti-Frazier bandwagon past writing a major magazine article that asked, "Is Joe Frazier a white champion with black peel?" Frazier thought that was "a cynical try by Clay to make me experience isolated from my own people. He thought that would weaken me when it came time to face him in that ring. Well, he was wrong. Information technology didn't weaken me, information technology awakened me to what a cheap-shot son of a bitch he was." Ali's camp also hurled many insults at Frazier, calling him an "ugly gorilla", though Ali had likewise compared other opponents to animals. He noted the hypocrisy of Ali calling him an Uncle Tom when his [Ali'south] trainer (Angelo Dundee) was of Italian descent.^[34] When told by Michael Parkinson that Frazier was not an Uncle Tom, he responded by saying, "Then why does he insist on calling me Cassius Dirt when fifty-fifty the worst of the white enemies recognize me as Muhammad Ali?"^[36]

As a event of Ali'due south entrada, Frazier'south children were bullied at school, and his family unit was given police protection after receiving death threats.^[37] Ali declared that if Frazier won, he would clamber beyond the ring and admit that Frazier was the greatest. After Frazier won by a unanimous conclusion, he called upon Ali to fulfill his promise and crawl across the ring, simply Ali failed to do so.^[38] Ali called it a "white man'due south conclusion" and insisted that he won.^[39]

During a televised joint interview prior to their 2nd bout in 1974, Ali connected to insult Frazier, who took exception to Ali calling him "ignorant" and challenged him to a fight, which resulted in both of them brawling on the studio flooring.^[40] Ali went on to win the 12-round non-championship affair by a decision. Ali took things farther in the build-upwardly to their last fight, the Thrilla in Manila, and called Frazier "the other type of negro" and "ugly", "dumb", and a "gorilla"^[41] At one point he sparred with a human in a gorilla suit and pounded on a rubber gorilla doll, saying "This is Joe Frazier's conscience.... I keep it everywhere I go. This is the way he looks when y'all hit him."^[42] According to the fight'southward promoter, Don King, that enraged Frazier, who took it as a "grapheme assassination" and "personal invective."^[42] One night before the fight, Ali waved around a toy pistol outside Frazier'southward hotel room. When Frazier came to the balustrade, he pointed the gun at Frazier and yelled, "I am going to shoot you."^[43] Later the fight, Ali summoned Frazier'southward son Marvis into his dressing room, and told him that he had not meant what he had said most his father. When informed by Marvis, Frazier responded, "You lot own't me, son. Why isn't he apologizing to me?"

In his 1996 autobiography Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Frazier consistently refers to Muhammad Ali as "Cassius Clay" and never deviating from that convention unless the book directly quotes someone else.

For years subsequently, Frazier retained his bitterness towards Ali and suggested that Ali's battle with Parkinson's syndrome was a form of divine retribution for his before behavior. In 2001, Ali apologized to Frazier via a New York Times article: "In a way, Joe's correct. I said a lot of things in the rut of the moment that I shouldn't have said. Called him names I shouldn't have called him. I apologize for that. I'm distressing. It was all meant to promote the fight."^[44] Frazier reportedly "embraced information technology" but later retorted that Ali apologized only to a newspaper, not to him. He said, "I'thou still waiting [for him] to say it to me." Ali responded, "If yous run into Frazier, yous tell him he's still a gorilla."^[45] Ali as well said in an interview, "I wasn't going to get on my knees and crawl and beg him to forgive me."^[46]

Frazier told Sports Illustrated in May 2009 that he no longer held hard feelings for Ali.^[47] After Frazier'south death in November 2011, Ali was among those who attended the private funeral services for Frazier in Philadelphia. Jesse Jackson, who spoke during the service, asked those in attendance to stand and "show your love" and reportedly Ali stood with the audience and clapped "vigorously".^[48]

Subsequently years [edit]

Editor-in-chief Kevin Convey (on the right) presented Frazier with the New York Daily News Front Folio Award in 2011

Frazier lived in Philadelphia where he owned and managed a boxing gym. Frazier put the gym up for sale in mid-2009. Before the gym was put up for auction, Frazier, with the help of Peter Bouchard, formed the Smokin Joe Frazier Foundation, whose purpose was to give dorsum to troubled and in need youth. Peter Bouchard volunteered to run the foundation for Frazier. Once Frazier's health declined, the foundation was shelved.

He was diagnosed with diabetes and high blood force per unit area. He and his nemesis, Muhammad Ali, alternated over the years between public apologies and public insults.^[50] In 1996, when Ali lit the Olympic flame in Atlanta, Frazier told a reporter that he would similar to throw Ali into the fire and felt that he should take been chosen to light the flame.^[51] Frazier made millions of dollars in the 1970s, but the reported mismanagement of his real estate contributed to some financial difficulties.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has named Joe Frazier's Gym in its 25th list of America'southward eleven Most Endangered Celebrated Places in 2012.^{[52] [53]} In 2013, the gym was named to the National Register of Historic Places.^[54]

Frazier continued to train young fighters although he needed multiple operations for back injuries sustained in a car blow. He and Ali reportedly attempted a reconciliation in his concluding years, simply in October 2006, Frazier still claimed to have won all 3 bouts between them. He alleged to a Times reporter, when questioned well-nigh his bitterness toward Ali, "I am what I am."^{[ citation needed ]}

Frazier attempted to revive his music interests in tardily 2009/2010. Notably popular for singing 'Mustang Sally,' both Frazier and manager Leslie R. Wolff teamed up with Welsh Rock Solo artist Jayce Lewis to release his repertoire in the United kingdom, later visiting the Welshman at that place to host a string of subsequently-dinner speeches and music developments. It would notably be Frazier's last appearance there.^{[55] [56]}

Death [edit]

Headstone of boxer Joe Frazier at Ivy Colina Cemetery in Philadelphia

Frazier was diagnosed with liver cancer in belatedly September 2011. By November 2011, he was under hospice intendance, where he died on Nov seven at the age of 67.^{[25] [57]} Upon hearing of Frazier's expiry, Muhammad Ali said, "The earth has lost a keen champion. I will e'er remember Joe with respect and adoration."^{[58] [59] [60]} Frazier'due south private funeral took place on November xiv at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia and in addition to friends and family was attended past Muhammad Ali, Don King, Larry Holmes, Magic Johnson, Dennis Rodman, among others. Floyd Mayweather Jr. paid for Frazier'south funeral services. His trunk was buried at the Ivy Hill Cemetery, a short drive from the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church building.^{[61] [62]}

In pop media [edit]

Frazier statue in Southward Philadelphia

• He was played past boxer James Toney in the 2001 film Ali.
• Some of the most memorable moments in the 1976 boxing-themed characteristic moving-picture show, Rocky—such equally Rocky'southward carcass-punching scenes and Rocky running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as part of his training regimen—are taken from Frazier's real-life exploits. In the film, Frazier makes a cameo appearance, as a spectator at the fight betwixt Rocky and Apollo.^[63]
• In March 2007, a Joe Frazier action figure was released equally part of a range of toys based on the Rocky motion-picture show franchise, adult by the American toy manufacturer, Jakks Pacific.^{[64] [65]}
• Electric bassist Jeff Berlin wrote a musical tribute simply chosen "Joe Frazier", originally recorded on the Bill Bruford anthology Gradually Going Tornado, available on the compilation album Master Strokes.
• He guest-starred as himself in the 1992 The Simpsons episode "Brother, Can Y'all Spare Two Dimes?", where he presented Homer Simpson with the Montgomery Burns Award for the Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence.
• Mr. Sandman, a video game character in the Punch-Out !! video game serial known for being 1 of the toughest opponents, was based in part on Frazier.^{[ citation needed ]}
• In the Fight Dark Video Games Frazier is a character in each game.
• His granddaughter, Latrice Frazier, appeared on an episode of Maury.
• On July i, 2021, CBS announced that his son Derek was i of 16 Houseguests participating in Big Brother 23. Derek concluded up existence the runner-upward for that season, winning $75,000.^[66]

Professional person battle record [edit]

Professional person record summary

37 fights	32 wins	iv losses
By knockout	27	3
By decision	5	1
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round(s), time	Appointment	Location	Notes
37	Depict	32–4–one	Floyd Cummings	Dr.	10	Dec 3, 1981	International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
36	Loss	32–4	George Foreman	TKO	five (12), ii:26	Jun 15, 1976	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Hempstead, New York, U.Due south.	For NABF heavyweight championship
35	Loss	32–3	Muhammad Ali	RTD	14 (15), 3:00	Oct one, 1975	Philippine Coliseum, Quezon Urban center, Philippines	For WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles
34	Win	32–2	Jimmy Ellis	TKO	ix (12), 0:59	Mar two, 1975	Junction Oval, Melbourne, Commonwealth of australia
33	Win	31–two	Jerry Quarry	TKO	v (10), 1:37	Jun 17, 1974	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.South.
32	Loss	thirty–2	Muhammad Ali	UD	12	Jan 28, 1974	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.	For NABF heavyweight title
31	Win	30–1	Joe Bugner	PTS	12	Jul 2, 1973	Earls Courtroom Exhibition Heart, London, England
30	Loss	29–ane	George Foreman	TKO	2 (fifteen), 2:26	Jan 22, 1973	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Lost WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles
29	Win	29–0	Ron Stander	RTD	four (fifteen), iii:00	May 25, 1972	Civic Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.	Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles
28	Win	28–0	Terry Daniels	TKO	four (15), 1:47	Jan fifteen, 1972	Rivergate Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.South.	Retained WBA, WBC, and The Band heavyweight titles
27	Win	27–0	Muhammad Ali	UD	15	Mar 8, 1971	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.	Retained WBA, WBC, The Band heavyweight titles
26	Win	26–0	Bob Foster	KO	2 (15), 0:49	Nov 18, 1970	Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.Due south.	Retained WBA, WBC, and The Band heavyweight titles
25	Win	25–0	Jimmy Ellis	RTD	iv (xv)	Feb 16, 1970	Madison Square Garden, New York Metropolis, New York, U.S.	Retained NYSAC heavyweight title; Won WBA and vacant WBC heavyweight titles
24	Win	24–0	Jerry Quarry	RTD	7 (15), three:00	Jun 23, 1969	Madison Square Garden, New York Urban center, New York, U.S.	Retained NYSAC heavyweight title
23	Win	23–0	Dave Zyglewicz	KO	1 (15), ane:36	Apr 22, 1969	Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, U.S.	Retained NYSAC heavyweight championship
22	Win	22–0	Oscar Bonavena	UD	15	December 10, 1968	Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.South.	Retained NYSAC heavyweight championship
21	Win	21–0	Manuel Ramos	TKO	2 (15), three:00	Jun 24, 1968	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.	Retained NYSAC heavyweight championship
xx	Win	20–0	Buster Mathis	TKO	11 (15), 2:33	Mar iv, 1968	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.Due south.	Won vacant NYSAC heavyweight championship
xix	Win	nineteen–0	Marion Connor	TKO	3 (10), 1:40	Dec 18, 1967	Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
18	Win	18–0	Tony Doyle	TKO	2 (ten), 1:04	Oct 17, 1967	Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.Due south.
17	Win	17–0	George Chuvalo	TKO	four (10), 0:16	Jul xix, 1967	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.Southward.
16	Win	16–0	George Johnson	UD	x	May 4, 1967	Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
xv	Win	xv–0	Jefferson Davis	TKO	five (x), 0:48	Apr 11, 1967	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
14	Win	14–0	Doug Jones	KO	6 (10), 2:28	Feb 21, 1967	Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
13	Win	thirteen–0	Eddie Machen	TKO	10 (10), 0:22	Nov 21, 1966	K Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.Southward.
12	Win	12–0	Oscar Bonavena	SD	ten	Sep 21, 1966	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
11	Win	eleven–0	Baton Daniels	RTD	half-dozen (10)	Jul 25, 1966	Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
10	Win	x–0	Al Jones	KO	1 (x), 2:33	May 26, 1966	M Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
9	Win	9–0	Chuck Leslie	KO	3 (10), ii:47	May 19, 1966	Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
8	Win	8–0	Don Smith	KO	iii (10), 1:09	Apr 28, 1966	Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
7	Win	7–0	Charley Polite	TKO	2 (10), 0:55	Apr 4, 1966	Hotel Philadelphia Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
six	Win	6–0	Dick Wipperman	TKO	v (viii), 2:58	Mar four, 1966	Madison Square Garden, New York Metropolis, New York, U.S.
5	Win	5–0	Mel Turnbow	KO	1 (8), 1:41	Jan 17, 1966	Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
iv	Win	4–0	Abe Davis	KO	1 (8), two:38	Nov 11, 1965	Philadelphia Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
3	Win	3–0	Ray Staples	TKO	2 (6), two:06	Sep 28, 1965	Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.South.
ii	Win	2–0	Mike Bruce	TKO	3 (6), 1:39	Sep xx, 1965	Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
1	Win	1–0	Woody Goss	TKO	i (half dozen), ane:42	Aug 16, 1965	Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.Due south.

Music career [edit]

In the late 1970s, Frazier created a soul-funk group called "Joe Frazier and the Knockouts", mentioned in Billboard and recording a number of singles. Joe toured widely in the U.s. and Europe including Ireland, where amidst other places he performed in Donegal and Athy County Kildare with his band. Joe Frazier and the Knockouts were too featured singing in a 1978 Miller beer commercial.^[67]

Frazier sang at the 1978 Jerry Lewis Telethon^[68] and he sang the United States national canticle before the rematch between Ali and Leon Spinks on September 15, 1978.^[69]

Discography [edit]

See also [edit]

• List of undisputed battle champions
• Notable boxing families

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Bibliography [edit]

• Frazier, Joe (March 1996). Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography. MacMillan. ISBN002860847X.

Further reading [edit]

• Hoffer, Richard (Nov 21, 2011). "Joe Frazier 1944–2011". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved November 30, 2011.

External links [edit]

Sporting positions
World battle titles
Vacant Championship last held by Muhammad Ali	NYSAC heavyweight champion March 4, 1968 – February 16, 1970 Vacated	Title discontinued
Preceded by Jimmy Ellis	WBA heavyweight champion Feb 16, 1970 – January 22, 1973	Succeeded by George Foreman
Vacant Championship last held by Muhammad Ali stripped	WBC heavyweight champion February 16, 1970 – Jan 22, 1973
Vacant Title last held by Muhammad Ali	Undisputed heavyweight champion Feb 16, 1970 – January 22, 1973
	The Ring heavyweight champion May 1970 – January 22, 1973

Awards
Preceded past Dick Tiger W10 Frank DePaula (October 25, 1968)	Ring Magazine Fight of the Year 1969—TKO7 Jerry Quarry (June 23)	Succeeded by Carlos Monzón KO12 Nino Benvenuti (Nov seven, 1970)
Preceded past Carlos Monzón KO12 Nino Benvenuti (November vii, 1970)	Ring Magazine Fight of the Year 1971—W15 Muhammad Ali (March viii)	Succeeded past Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan (September 26, 1972)
Preceded by Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan (September 26, 1972)	Ring Magazine Fight of the Year 1973—KOby2 George Foreman (January 22)	Succeeded by Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman (October 30, 1974)
Preceded past Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman (October 30, 1974)	Ring Magazine Fight of the Year 1975—KOby14 Muhammad Ali (October 1)	Succeeded by George Foreman KO5 Ron Lyle (January 24, 1976)

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