The Philadelphia Boxing legend is best known for his classic rivalry with Muhammed Ali, which took him to sold out arenas in Africa, and the Phillipines.

According to Wikipedia.
Joseph William “Joe” Frazier, January 12, 1944 – November 6, 2011), known as Smokin’ Joe, is a former Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a brief comeback in 1981.
Frazier emerged as the top contender in the late 1960s, defeating the likes of Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, Buster Mathis, Eddie Machen, Doug Jones, George Chuvalo and Jimmy Ellis en route to becoming undisputed heavyweight champion in 1970, and followed up by defeating Muhammad Ali on points in the highly-anticipated “Fight of the Century” in 1971. Two years later Frazier lost his title when he was knocked out by George Foreman. He fought on, beating Joe Bugner, losing a rematch to Ali, and beating Quarry and Ellis again.

Frazier was known for training young boxers in his gym in Philadelphia, all the way up until he fell ill

Joe Frazier was born to Rubin and Dolly Frazier in Laurel Bay, Beaufort, South Carolina.[3] Joe has said he was always close to his father, who carried Joe when he was a toddler “over the 10 acres of farmland us Frazier’s owned, to the still where he made his bootleg corn liquor, and into town on Saturday’s to buy the necessities that a family of 10 needed. Billy Boy, as he was affectionately called, wasn’t along just for the ride. He would grow to be considered one of the greatest heavyweights of all-time

Joe Frazier was a boxer full of character and charisma with one of the meanest left hands in the history of the sport.
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