Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who earned boxing immortality after his three memorable fights with Muhammad Ali, has died at age 67, according to US media reports.
Frazier died in Philadelphia on Monday, a month after being diagnosed with liver cancer.
He won the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal for the US in 1964 and held the world heavyweight boxing crown from 1970 to 1973.
Frazier took on Ali in three momentous fights in the 1970s - including the celebrated Thrilla in Manilla .
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Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 09:29:50
Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who earned boxing immortality after his three memorable fights with Muhammad Ali, has died at age 67, according to US media reports.
