JOE FRAZIER RUMORS & GOSSIP
Coaching intrigue for LSU-Alabama rematch
When Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met in their first rematch in Madison Square Garden, each fighter approached the other differently than they had the first time around. That is the nature of any re-do. You learn from your mistakes, assume your opponent is going to learn from his and throw some new wrinkles into the mix.
As college football coaches go, there is no better Ali-Frazier...
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January 04, 2012
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Memories of ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier Will Never Be Extinguished
Those who truly appreciate the sport of boxing often find themselves cheering for anybody in the ring who displays a combination of skill, heart, and determination, no matter who it is. Sure, everybody has their favorite fighters, but it’s very rare that boxing fans find themselves “hating” anybody. Many boxing fans find themselves being supporters of both combatants during...
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November 26, 2011
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November 26, 2011
Former heavyweight champ Frazier remembered in SC
Joe Frazier's family and friends are saying goodbye to the former heavyweight champion at two memorial services near his hometown in South Carolina.
Frazier is being remembered first with a service Wednesday morning at Bethesda Christian Fellowship Temple on St. Helena Island. A public memorial service will follow at noon in a waterfront park in Beaufort, in the county where he...
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November 16, 2011
Ali expected to attend Frazier's funeral
Muhammad Ali is expected to arrive in Philadelphia as soon as Friday to attend funeral services for Joe Frazier.
Ali and Larry Holmes will be among the mourners for Frazier, the former world amateur and pro boxing champ who died from liver cancer on Monday, aged 67.
Ali and Frazier had a stormy relationship but made amends in recent years.
Public viewings of Frazier's body will...
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November 11, 2011
MORE THAN A LEGEND
Joe Frazier's five most memorable fights
Smokin’ Joe Frazier recently passed away but will be remembered in the hearts of boxing fans all around the world for his warrior mentality in the squared circle. Here is a small list of some of his most memorable fights during his great boxing career.
Muhammad Ali I- Dubbed the fight of the century, Smokin’ Joe was able to win a 15 round unanimous decision over Muhammad...
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November 08, 2011
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November 08, 2011
Joe Frazier Never Stopped Battling in a Life Defined By No-Win Situations
You know those kinds of cancer people can eventually get better from, given the right treatment, and live in relative comfort for many years? Liver cancer is not one of those types. That Joe Frazier, the great boxing heavyweight, succumbed to one of the most unforgiving illnesses issadly, morbidly fitting, because Smokin' Joe's life was a series of no-win situations from...
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November 08, 2011
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November 08, 2011
Ali says he'll remember Frazier with respect
Muhammad Ali says he will always remember Joe Frazier with admiration and respect.
Frazier died Monday night after a battle with liver cancer at age 67. He and Ali will be linked forever, both heavyweight champions and bitter rivals in the boxing ring who fought each other during three epic bouts in the 1970s.
Ali won the last two, cementing his legend as The Greatest, and was...
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November 08, 2011
Family: Frazier dies after fight with cancer
He beat Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the Century, battled him nearly to the death in the Thrilla in Manila. Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his life trying to fight his way out of Ali's shadow.
That was one fight Frazier could never win.
He was once a heavyweight champion, and a great one at that. Ali would say as much after Frazier knocked him down in the 15th round en route...
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November 07, 2011
A LEGEND PASSES
Joe Frazier: 1944-2011
Former heavyweight champion, Smokin' Joe Frazier, lost his battle with liver cancer Monday night at the age of 67.
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November 07, 2011
Joe Frazier dies of liver cancer
Former heavyweight champion "Smokin'" Joe Frazier passed away Monday night, losing his bout with the liver cancer that had put him under hospice care.
The 67-year-old Frazier was diagnosed last month with the disease. His manager said the boxer had been in out and out of the hospital since early October and has been receiving hospice treatment...
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November 07, 2011
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November 07, 2011
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