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An afternoon at the Frazier gym.

nobody@flickr.com (jonathanslingluff) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:37:19 -0800

Joseph "Billy" Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe (born January 12, 1944), is an Olympic (1964) and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s.
Frazier was a popular champion, ranked among the best ever heavy weights; reprising himself in cameo roles in several Hollywood films, and professionally is perhaps most famous for his trilogy of Heavyweight Championship fights with Muhammad Ali.
Frazier had a bullying fighting style, depending on bobbing, weaving and power punching. He is perhaps most famous for his vicious left hooks. Compared to Ali's style, he was close enough to the ideal bruiser that some in the press and media characterized the bouts as the answer to the classic question: "What happens when a boxer meets with a brawler."
According to Joe in the HBO special documenting "The Thrilla in Manila" fight, he was partially blind in his left eye due to a training accident in 1965. This would indicate that throughout his entire professional career, he fought with only partial sight on his left side.

Joe Frazier's Gym.

nobody@flickr.com (jonathanslingluff) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:24:52 -0800

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nobody@flickr.com (jonathanslingluff) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:51:33 -0800

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On the way to Madison Square Garden with Smokin Joe Frazier for the 40th anniversary of the Fight of The Century.

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nobody@flickr.com (jonathanslingluff) — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:45:03 -0800

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Smokin Joe Frazier's holiday party.

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