Boxer Frazier, Ali's greatest foe, dies

Joe Frazier, the relentless slugger who became the heavyweight champion of the world and earned boxing immortality with three epic battles against Muhammad Ali, died on Monday at age 67, his personal manager said.

"Smokin' Joe" Frazier, who was the first boxer to beat Ali, died in Philadelphia a month after being diagnosed with liver cancer. Leslie Wolff, Frazier's personal manager, confirmed his death.

Frazier won the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal for the United States in 1964 in Tokyo and held the world heavyweight boxing crown from 1970 to 1973.

Image: Former boxing heavy weight champion Joe Frazier attends the NBA All Star Game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in this February 10, 2002, file photo.

Text: Reuters

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