When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Network Entertainment His nickname "Smokin' Joe" is synonymous with boxing greatness, but ...

Joseph William "Joe" Frazier, known as "Smokin" Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight boxing champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a brief comeback in 1981.

I Am Joe Frazier premieres on the CW Saturday, Feb. 22 at 9/8c. The special will help celebrate the rise of Joe Frazier, one of the most influential heavyweight boxers of all time. Viewers will see ...

Professional prizefighters come in all shapes and sizes and from all manner of backgrounds and locales, from the inner city of Brooklyn to the countryside of Uzbekistan, from broken homes and loving ...

Boxing was a major hit in the 1960s and 1970s. Identically like the UFC in the 2000s and present day, boxing had a litany of big names. From Muhammad Ali to Sonny Liston to George Foreman, there ...

Frank Sinatra was working ringside, moonlighting as a photographer for Life magazine. Burt Lancaster, the Oscar-winning actor, was recast in the role of a color commentator. “I looked down from the ...

Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier is reportedly deathly ill and entering the final stages of his battle with liver cancer, according to reports. “He’s in serious shape, we’re looking for a ...

George Foreman, the former two-time world heavyweight champion, passed away on March 21, 2025, at the age of 76. The following article was originally published on January 21, 2023, to mark the 50th ...

Fifty years later, Weatta Frazier Collins still remembered. Joe Frazier’s daughter was brought over with her mother to see her father at the hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, later that Monday night, Jan.