Boxing was a major hit in the 1960s and 1970s. Identically like the UFC in the 2000s and present day, boxing had a litany of big names. From Muhammad Ali to Sonny Liston to George Foreman, there ...
PHILADELPHIA — Smokin’ Joe will headline one more boxing card. The family of Joe Frazier is set to honor the former heavyweight champion with a slate of bouts in Atlantic City, New Jersey — site of ...
Joe Frazier, Jr. never really ventured into the professional fight game like his famous father, Joe Frazier. The younger Frazier runs Joe Frazier Promotions and a similarly named scholarship ...
Family, friends, and dignitaries gathered to honor the legacy of the late boxing icon Joe Frazier on what would have been his 81st birthday on Sunday. The Frazier family placed a Philadelphia Eagles ...
“We’re just two colored boys from the ghetto and we have the whole world watching us in the greatest event of all time!” Thus did Muhammad Ali describe himself and Joe Frazier hours before they faced ...
Joe Frazier, Jr. and wife, Mis Downing Frazier are like binary stars — in this case, a pair of human bodies, souls and spirits in orbit around each other and their dreams. They share many desires as ...
As the Rocky Statue is moved inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a new conversation is emerging outside the iconic steps: whether a real-life champion should take its place. Many Philadelphians say ...
Joe Bugner, a boxer who went the distance with Joe Frazier once and Muhammad Ali twice — once for the heavyweight title — and later became an actor and pro wrestler, died Monday in Brisbane, Australia ...
The family of Joe Frazier is set to honor the former heavyweight champion with a slate of bouts in Atlantic City, New Jersey — site of his parents’ first date, his son noted — to celebrate what would ...