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Joe Frazier also known as Smokin Joe died on November 7thafter a battle with liver cancer. IBRO categorized Joe as one of the ten greatest heavyweights of all time. Joe was the only man who defeated Muhammad Ali after a brutal fight to the death at Madison Square Garden in March 1971. People called it the fight of the century because they kept fighting and fighting which people saw it as a fight to the death. The Joe spent his rest of his life trying to fight his way out of Ali's shadow, but it was one fight he could never win. Joe only lasted four matches with the heavy weight championship before he came to fight with George Foremen. George ended up knocking Joe down six times and closed the fight in 1973 in Jamaica making him the new heavy weight champion. Ed Schuyler Jr. said that both Ali and Joe should have retired after third fight because they left all of their pride and talent on the ring. Many fans thought that if Joe would have kept on fighting on the 15th round of their third match he could of one but his trainer Futch. Joe Frazier lived from 1944 to 2011. For more information click here. (Kicker14)
Do you know how he died of liver cancer?
ReplyDeleteLike, through what process?
Smoking or what?