Joe+Frazier

[|Joe Frazier] was born in Beaufort, South Carolina on January 12, 1944. He was one of many boxers that were considered great in the 1960s an 70s. Most people mite know him by the nickname "Smoken Joe", or u mite have heard of him when he fought [|Muhammed Ali] on March 8, 1971 which was considered one of the greatest fights in boxing history. As he was an amatuer he won a gold medal in the 1964 summer olypics in Toyko. After he won his gold medal he turned porfessional in 1965, and that same year he fought Woody Goss an won by knockout. Following that win he won 3 more fights that year all of them by knockouts an also not even goin passed the first round. In 1966 his career in boxin was goin gud. This year he had to get two more trainers after the death of his career starting trainer in 1965, which goes by the name of Yancy "Yank" Durham.

In 1966 joe frazier was undefeated in for all of his nine fights. an during this year his victims were as followed Charlie Polite, Eddie Machen an Oscar Bonavena which in this fight he knocked out in 3 rounds. In 1967 he was still on a roll by winning 4 more fights this year. As you know during 1968 Muhammed Ali lost his heavy weight title for refusing to go to the Vietnam war. By this happening Joe had one more fight in his way of becoming the heavy weight champion. It was the against Buster Mathis which he won by knockout in the 11th round.

In 1969 he had to defend his title, which to him was easy since he won all his fights by knockouts this year. then on February 16, 1970 Joe Frazier had to beat Jimmy Elis at [|Madison Spuare Garden] to become the undisputed Heavy weight chapion of the world. An after that in 1971 he met Muhammed Ali at Madison square Garden in the first out of three fights between the two which he won the first an lost the other two fights.