Joe Frazier’s grandson is a classmate of my 10-year-old daughter’s. And yesterday she came home and wanted to talk about the boy’s sadness. The way he looked, the way he felt, the way he told her to ...

Heavyweight great "Smokin' Joe” Frazier would have been 81 today. And Frazier, who was and is everything that represents ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The city of Philadelphia honored boxing legend Smokin' Joe Frazier by naming a street after him. Frazier's family and legendary boxer Larry Holmes. who hails from Easton ...

As he taunted Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali, current champ, pointed at the custom black T-shirts he and his entourage sported as they crashed the Aug. 26, 1975, ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 1, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Oct. 1, 1975, Muhammad Ali took on Joe Frazier in ...

The “Thrilla in Manila” is not just about Muhammad Ali’s victory in his third and final fight with Joe Frazier, 50 years ago. In the months before the fight, Ali set a cruel agenda and, on the night, ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought the “Thrilla in Manila,” still considered the greatest and ...

George Foreman, the former two-time world heavyweight champion, passed away on March 21, 2025, at the age of 76. The following article was originally published on January 21, 2023, to mark the 50th ...

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Joe Bugner, a heavyweight who took boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier the distance in fights in the 1970s, has died. He was 75. The death of the Hungary-born Bugner, who ...