A poster from ‘Super Fight II,’ held in New York 50 years ago this week. Plodding and poorly spoken, Frazier was the hard-luck son of a South Carolina sharecropper who had captured Olympic ...

And now Joe Frazier appears to be getting his further due with a full biography. “Smokin Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier” by Mark Kram Jr. covers the great boxer’s life from his poor beginnings ...

Why is there a statue of the fictional Rocky Balboa near the Philadelphia Museum of Art but not one of non-fictional Smokin’ Joe Frazier anywhere in his adopted hometown? There have been efforts ...

On March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier faced off for the world heavyweight championship in New York. John Allbert, then 11 years old and a future Charlotte doctor, persuaded his father to ...

Joe Frazier's decision victory over Muhammad Ali in 1971 was the first in a trio of legendary fights. ... to my surprise I received in the mail a promotional poster from the show.

“I don’t know about that guy up there next to the Art Museum steps.” he said, referring to the statue of the fictional Rocky Balboa in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “You go down there, take ...

Joe Frazier was," he said, referring to the hometown character from the boxing movie, "Rocky," and whose statue stands at the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Tell them Rocky is fictitious ...

Joe Frazier was a little like Rocky Balboa. But only a little. They both were from Philadelphia. They both could take 10 vicious punches in succession that seemingly would maim anyone for life ...

At the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art stood a sculpture of Rocky Balboa, ... Jr.’s father covered all three of Joe Frazier’s fights with Muhammad Ali for Sports Illustrated.