Boxing Legend Joe Frazier dies at 67

Boxing ledgend Joe Frazier. From Flickr

I know we usually don’t report about boxing, but this is kind of a big deal. It’s an interesting story of a legend that goes like this…

Back in the days of my parents, Boxing was a big thing. Nowadays, people don’t pay as much attention to it. But one famous Boxing hero back in the old days was Joe Frazier. He was only 5 ft 11 ½, but he was in the heavyweight category. After winning the Middle Atlantic Golden Gloves heavyweight championships 3 years in a row, he decided to go for the gold. And after breaking his thumb in the third round of the 1964 Olympics, he had to fight only once more. And then he won it for America. Afterwards, he went professional in 1965. He had a total of 37 fights, and only lost 3. Of the 37, he beat many other boxing legends, such as Muhammad Ali, Buster Mathis, and Bob Foster. His career ended in 1981 when he retired. He was later put in the International Boxing Hall of fame. Sadly though, he was diagnosed with liver cancer in September of this year, and later died in November. He will be greatly missed.