Joe Frazier was always a class act in a sport filled with seedy characters. A true gentlemen in every respect. Ex-heavyweight champ Joe Frazier has liver cancer
We talked about this in the boxing thread. Joe Frazier is in my top-5 favorite athletes of all time. His gym has done a lot of good for a lot of people in North Philadelphia.
There is a lot of great commentary on his career going around at the moment. Dan Rafael's article provides a good summary. Here is a link to the Philadelphia Inquirer's coverage. Stan Hochman's material is great. Joe Frazier Retrospective | Philly
My Dad died of liver cancer a few years ago. I hate to hear that for Joe and hope he's not in too much pain.
He has passed...which is probably good because that's a painful way to go. My prayers are with the family. Smokin' Joe Frazier -- A Philly fighter who was a legend in New York - ESPN New York
Was in Philly a few weeks ago and went up to Joe's old gym. The thing was shuttered and had been turned into a mattress store. I had known this but just saw it for the first time; the place used to really bustle. Really sad and depressing to see what became of it all -- Frazier, Ali, the whole damn industry.
