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The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Joe Frazier’s funeral insisted a champion like Smokin’ Joe, who was widely considered as one of the best heavyweight champions in the world, deserves a statue in Philadelphia.
Joe Frazier was an Olympic gold medallist and an Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion. He was the first man [...]
Nov 7, 2011 - Joe Frazier, one of the best boxers of his generation, lost his battle with liver cancer Monday evening. He entered hospice care over the weekend and lived to be 67 years old. “Smokin’ Joe” will forever be known as the first man to defeat Muhammad Ali.
Frazier began his boxing career by winning a gold medal for the United States at the 1964 Olympics over Germany’s Hans Huber. [...]
Hank Schwartz is the most famous boxing promoter you’ve never heard of. He and his vice-president, Don King, were the promoters of what is still considered the most famous fight in boxing history – the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle” fought in Zaire in 1974. His hilarious thrill-a-minute memoir From the Corners of the Ring To the Corners of the Earth: The Adventure Behind the Champions (CIVCOM 2010) KO’ed [...]
“No Good Fight Goes Unwritten”
I met Mike a few days ago on Twitter, and we got to talking. I want to start out by saying his blog is really something special and we’re lucky to have him here.
His blog is being fed into our new Boxing Forum…and keep an eye there, some special things happening [...]
Almost 20 years ago, I found myself walking north up Broad street in Philadelphia.
I was new to the city and still trying to learn my way around.
The side of the street I was on decided it didn’t want a sidewalk part of it anymore, so I jaywalked in a diagonal pattern across Broad street to [...]