It was revealed this weekend that Frazier fight against liver cancer and reported that hospice care. Former undisputed heavyweight champion, Joe Frazier, died Monday night from his bout with liver cancer.
And a statement from the family reported WPVI-TV Philadelphia says: "We, the family of the 1964 Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medalist, former world boxing champion and International Boxing Hall Fame member Joe Smokin 'Frazier regret to inform you of his death.
Frazier won Olympic gold in 1964 after going to the Games as a replacement for the injured Buster Mathis, who had beaten him in the trials.
He won the professional heavyweight title in 1970 by stopping Jimmy Ellis in the fifth round at Madison Square Garden and defended it successfully four times before losing it to George Foreman in 1973.
Frazier is best remembered for his three bouts with Muhammad Ali, the first of which saw him unify the world title when he inflicted Ali's first professional defeat in the so-called 'Fight of the Century' in 1971.
But in two further fights, including the epic 'Thrilla in Manila' in 1975, it was Ali who was victorious.
