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| File photo of Frazier in New York on January 5, 2011. — Reuters pic |
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 — 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 yesterday 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 trainer, 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.
Former heavyweight champion Frazier dies at 67
