Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Joe Frazier Has Died


Joe Frazier, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, died after a battle with liver cancer. He was 67. Known for his famous "Thrilla in Manila" fight in 1975 against Muhammad Ali, whom he fought three times, "Smokin' Joe" Frazier is an inductee of both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

11 comments:

BigMama said...

RIP Joe. :(

Unknown said...

Godspeed

timebob said...

I hope he didn't suffer at the end.

sad news, I was pulling for him to beat this.

skeeball said...

Joe Frazier, RIP, you were a great fighter. I remember watching the Thrilla in Manilla, awesome fight.

MISCH said...

Very sad, such a nice man.

Princess said...

Everyone always said he was such a nice man. RIP Joe.

New Life and Attitude said...

RIP Joe.

Ray said...

RIP Champ

RocketQueen said...

My dad used to talk about Joe Frazier more than any other boxer. RIP Joe.

Lelaina Pierce said...

RIP Joe.

Has anyone ever done a movie on his life?

Reese said...

Great loss. I only read the day before he died that he was even sick.

RIP, champ.

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