- Nacimiento
- Fallecimiento7 de noviembre de 2011 · Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos (un cáncer de hígado)
- Nombre de nacimientoJoseph William Frazier
- Apodos
- Smokin' Joe
- Billy Boy
- Altura1,82 m
- Joe Frazier nació el 12 de enero de 1944 en Carolina del Sur, EE.UU.. Fue un actor, conocido por Rocky (1976), Bocce Balls (2005) y A Christmas Journey Home (1996). Estuvo casado con Florence Smith. Murió el 7 de noviembre de 2011 en Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos.
- CónyugeFlorence Smith(septiembre de 1963 - 1985) (divorciado, 5 niños)
- NiñosHector Frazier
- PadresDolly-Alston FrazierRubin Frazier
- FamiliaresLatrice Frazier(Grandchild)Rodney Frazier(Niece or Nephew)Tamryn Frazier(Grandchild)Tiara Frazier(Grandchild)
- Only losses were to Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.
- First man to ever beat Muhammad Ali in the ring (their first fight is widely considered the greatest boxing match in history).
- Pro Record: 32-4-1 (27)
- Made two successful title defenses as undisputed World Heavyweight Champion.
- Heavyweight boxing gold medalist, 1964 Olympics.
- [on his major victory over Muhammad Ali in 1971] He said if I whipped him that night he would get on his knees, crawl across the ring and say 'You are the greatest''. But he didn't do that. I think he was trying to get to the hospital.
- [on the origin of his famously destructive left hook] When I was a boy, I used to pull a big cross saw with my dad. He'd use his right hand, so I'd have to use my left.
- Ali always said I would be nothing without him. But what would he have been without me?
- [on acquiring his nickname, 'Smokin' Joe' from his trainer] He used to say in the dressing-room, before sending me out to fight, "Go out there, goddammit, and make smoke come from those gloves."
- The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.
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