Joe Frazier

CTL-E-6005 · Person · other · 1944–2011

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Joe Frazier (born Joseph William Frazier on 12 January 1944 in Beaufort, South Carolina; died 7 November 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American heavyweight boxer, Olympic champion and undisputed world heavyweight champion whose relentless pressure style and powerful left hook defined boxing's great heavyweight era. He reached the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a replacement for the injured Buster Mathis, who had beaten him in the trials, and won heavyweight gold. He turned professional in August 1965, and on 16 February 1970 knocked out Jimmy Ellis in five rounds to become undisputed champion. On 8 March 1971 he defeated Muhammad Ali by unanimous decision in the Fight of the Century at Madison Square Garden, handing Ali the first loss of his career and flooring him in the final round. He lost the title to George Foreman in January 1973, lost a rematch with Ali in 1974, and lost their brutal third meeting, the Thrilla in Manila, in October 1975. He retired in 1976, made a one-fight comeback in 1981, and entered the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Tribute record: he died of liver cancer, aged 67.

The record

• Also known as: Joseph William Frazier, Smokin' Joe

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 4 — 747 Program, Wave 10; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Joe Frazier entity in the live graph at 3,683 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment; the only Frazier hit is the unrelated sociologist E. Franklin Frazier, CTL-E-5941); ID CTL-E-6005 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1211 (Boxers list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — African American heavyweight champion from Beaufort, South Carolina; Black American identity is a matter of public record across Britannica, Hall of Fame and major-press coverage. Vital status: DECEASED — died 7 November 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of liver cancer, aged 67 (Britannica; Sky Sports family-statement reporting, November 2011). Tribute treatment applies. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Professional record 32 wins (27 by knockout), 4 losses, 1 draw, career 1965–1976 with a one-fight comeback in 1981; undisputed heavyweight champion 1970–1973; 1964 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist (Wikipedia / Sky Sports factfile, accessed 2026-10-16). MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons / public-domain-era press photograph of Joe Frazier from the 1970–1971 championship period; no file page read at file-page level — CTL-PHOTO-001; CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-6005-joe-frazier.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked — no matching CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Relationships

• Eddie Futch — student of
  Joe Frazier studied under trainer Eddie Futch: the International Boxing Hall of Fame's biographical record states Futch started working with Frazier in 1966 as an assistant trainer to Yancey Durham and took over as Frazier's manager and trainer when Durham died in 1973, a tenure covering the Ali trilogy.
• George Foreman — related to
  Joe Frazier lost the world heavyweight championship to George Foreman by second-round stoppage in Kingston, Jamaica, on 22 January 1973, and lost their 1976 rematch as well; Foreman (staged in this same packet) is the defining opponent of Frazier’s title reign alongside Muhammad Ali.
• Muhammad Ali — related to
  Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali (CTL-E-5679) by unanimous decision in the Fight of the Century on 8 March 1971, lost their 1974 rematch, and lost the Thrilla in Manila rubber match in October 1975 — the defining three-fight rivalry of the heavyweight era (Britannica; Sky Sports).

Referenced by

• George Benton — collaborated with → this record
• Jacqui Frazier-Lyde — child of → this record
• Jimmy Ellis — related to → this record

Sources

• Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Joe Frazier' — born 12 January 1944, Beaufort, South Carolina; died 7 November 2011, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; world heavyweight champion from 16 February 1970, when he knocked out Jimmy Ellis in five rounds in New York City, until 22 January 1973, when he was beaten by George Foreman at Kingston, Jamaica; reached the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a replacement for the injured Buster Mathis and won heavyweight gold; aggressive style and powerful left hook — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-Frazier?size=32&stub=1&reqid=1734059589615317-14685933546204234243-balancer-l7leveler-kubr-yp-klg-319-BAL (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, 'Joe Frazier' — Joseph William Frazier (12 January 1944 – 7 November 2011), nicknamed 'Smokin' Joe'; undisputed heavyweight champion 1970–1973; in 1971 the first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali, by unanimous decision in the Fight of the Century; final world-title challenge the 1975 Thrilla in Manila loss to Ali; retired 1976, one-fight comeback 1981, final record 32 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw; inductee of the International Boxing Hall of Fame's inaugural class of 1990 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Frazier (build store)
• Sky Sports, 'Frazier factfile' — chronology: born 12 January 1944 in Beaufort; 1964 Olympic gold in Tokyo, beating Hans Huber; 1970 Ellis stoppage and undisputed title; 8 March 1971 unanimous-decision win over Ali in the Fight of the Century, flooring Ali in the 15th round; 1973 title loss to Foreman; 1975 Thrilla in Manila, Ali winning in 14 rounds; retired 1976 with 32 wins and 27 KOs; 1990 International Boxing Hall of Fame induction; died 7 November 2011, aged 67, after a battle with liver cancer — https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/7298290/frazier-factfile (build store)
• Sky Sports, 'Frazier loses cancer fight' (November 2011) — former world and Olympic heavyweight champion Joe Frazier died aged 67; family statement recording his passing on the eve of 7 November 2011 at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after hospice care for liver cancer; heavyweight title won against Jimmy Ellis in 1970 and defended four times before the 1973 Foreman loss — https://www.skysports.com/amp/boxing/news/12183/7298193/frazier-loses-cancer-fight (build store)

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