Boxer ‘Smokin’ Joe’ Frazier, 67, RIP

Joe Frazier, the relentless slugger who became the heavyweight champion of the world and earned boxing immortality with three epic battles against Muhammad Ali, died on Monday at age 67, his personal manager said. “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier, who was the first boxer to beat Ali, died in Philadelphia a month after being diagnosed with liver cancer. Leslie Wolff , Frazier’s personal manager, confirmed his death. Frazier won the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal for the United States in 1964 in Tokyo and held the world heavyweight boxing crown from 1970 to 1973/ Christian Science Monitor . More here. (AP file photo: Muhammad Ali lands a punch to heavyweight boxer Joe Frazier’s head On Oct. 1, 1975, in Manila, Philippines)

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