Name: "Smokin" Joe Frazier
World Heavyweight Champion (1970-73)
- Named The Ring magazine "Progress of the Year Fighter" for 1966.
- Named Ring Magazine "Fighter of the Year" for 1967, 1970 and 1971.
- New York State World Heavyweight Champion (1968-70).
- Defeated Muhammad Ali (W 15).
- Defeated George Chuvalo (TKO 4).
- Defeated Oscar Bonavena (2x) (SD 10) & (W 15).
- Defeated Eddie Machen (TKO 10).
- Defeated Doug Jones (TKO 4).
- Defeated Buster Mathis (TKO 11).
- Defeated Jerry Quarry (2x) (TKO 7) & (TKO 5).
- Defeated Jimmy Ellis (TKO 5).
- Defeated Joe Bugner (W 12).
- Won the Heavyweight Gold Medal for the United States at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.
- Won 32 (KO 27) + Lost 4 (KO 3) + Draw 1 = 37 Bouts
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ3aUmSBSbY
Favorite Book: "Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs
"My favorite book was "Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs! I liked the fact Tarzan was always on the side of the right thing to be done and even when fighting the animals did not kill them."
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