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Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears - Full Movie (Video)
Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears is available via Hulu in full, and you can watch it right here at Bad Left Hook, too. The documentary was directed by Mike Todd. Here's the full, 71-minute film. They say Philadelphia is the capital of boxing and Joe Fraziers gym is the Whitehouse. For over...
Pacquiao vs Marquez: Mike Tyson to Toll the Tribute Bells for Joe Frazier
Dan Rafael reports via Twitter that former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will ring the bell for tonight's ten-bell salute to another former world heavyweight champion, the late Smokin' Joe Frazier. Frazier passed away on Monday after a battle with liver cancer, at the age of 67. His death...
Joe Frazier: Public Viewings Set For Friday and Saturday, Ali Expected to Attend Funeral
The body of the late, great Smokin' Joe Frazier will be at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia for two public viewings this weekend. Fans and admirers who want to pay their final respects to the former heavyweight champion of the world can do so on Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. EST, and on...
Manny Pacquiao, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and More of Boxing's Best Singers
Manny Pacquiao garnered quite a lot of attention when he released a studio single version of "Sometimes When We Touch" earlier this year, stemming from original songwriter and performer Dan Hill seeing the Filipino superstar sing the song live on Jimmy Kimmel's show in 2009. It was laughed at by...
George Foreman: Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali Were Like Brothers
In a radio interview with 105.3 in Dallas, George Foreman remembered his friend Joe Frazier, and was asked about the relationship between Frazier and his greatest rival, Muhammad Ali. Foreman on his own friendship with Frazier: "I had good years with Joe Frazier and I was able to tell him things ...
Joe Frazier Tribute: Jameel McCline Interviews Smokin' Joe in July
Jameel McCline, who himself was a heavyweight contender for years, interviewed the late, great Smokin' Joe Frazier on July 8 of this year in Hollywood, Fla. I've seen it called Frazier's last interview, but I can't really verify if that's 100% accurate or not. But that's not the most important...
Joe Frazier Tribute: The Life-Changing Thrilla in Manila
Our tribute to the late, great Joe Frazier continues, as Eddie Gonzalez remembers seeing the Thrilla in Manila for the first time, and how it changed his life as a boxing fan two decades after the fight took place. It is going to become cliche for people to say that Joe Frazier is the man who got...
Frazier vs Ali Documentary 'Thrilla in Manila' to Air Thursday on HBO
HBO will be airing the critically acclaimed documentary Thrilla in Manila, which covers the third Ali vs Frazier fight from 1975, often called the greatest fight in boxing history. Here's the press release with details: HBO will pay tribute to the legacy of heavyweight great Joe Frazier, who...
Joe Frazier vs Jerry Quarry: The 1969 Fight of the Year (Video)
Though it may not be the most famous fight of Joe Frazier's Hall of Fame career, his 1969 bout with "Irish" Jerry Quarry was indeed one of the best, a slugfest of epic proportions that won the 1969 Fight of the Year award from RING Magazine. Frazier, 23-0 at the time and all of 25 years old, was...
Joe Frazier Tribute: Philly Champ's New York Legacy Is Secure
Joe Frazier was born in South Carolina, and became one of Philadelphia's great champions after moving there and fighting out of The City of Brotherly Love in his professional career. But Chris Celletti of SB Nation New York notes that Frazier also has a secure legacy in The Big Apple, thanks to his...
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