Let’s take a look at the two former Olympic gold medalists and world champion Muhammad ‘the greatest’ Ali and ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier.
Both were born in the south. Ali in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942 and Frazier in Beaufort, South Carolina on January 12, 1944.
Frazier would move to New York before setting up to North Philadelphia, PA. Ali would finally move to 70th place and baked in Philadelphia, then in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Your amateur records were given with numerous statistics. Usually Alis Amateur Carry Average was given at 69-6 with 22 stops. Fraziers is usually listed at 38-2 with 37 stoppes.
Ali went to the Olympic Games in Rome in Italy in 1960. It was said that he had lost in the heavyweight attempts against Percy Price, but it could never be checked. At the Olympic Games, he won the gold medal in heavyweight and won all three fights. He would sign the Louisville Sponsoring Group called Louisville.
Frazier was 2-1 in the Olympic attempts to lose against Buster Mathis, who broke his right middle finger, so Frazier went as an alternative at the 1964 Olympics from 1964 in Tokyo. He scored three knockouts and broke his left thumb and stopped the Soviet boxer in his third fight. Then the German defeated the gold medal by decision. He would sign in a group of investors named Cloverlay, Inc. when he became a professional.
In March 1968, Frazier stopped 19: 0 Mathis, 23: 0, in 11 rounds for the vacant Nysac world championship title in the Madison Square Garden, NY.
While Frazier won the Olympic Games in 1964, Ali, 19-0, won the title in heavyweight in February this year and stopped Sonny Liston, 35: 1, after six rounds in the congress center in Miami, Fl.
In February 1970, Frazier won the world championship title to stop Jimmy Ellis after 4 laps in Madison Square Garden. Ellis had separated in the amateurs with Ali (then Cassius Clay) who had lost in the professionals against him.
Ali had 9 title defendants before his license was revoked in June 1967 because he refused to introduce the military. He was able to go to court and not in prison, but was unable to renew his boxing license in any state.
From August 1967, when he excluded Zora Fellley, 74-7-4, in Madison Square Garden until October 1970, he earned his livelihood with speaking at universities in the states.
The state of Georgia was again included in the Ali license in September 1970, when it returned to the ring the following month and Jerry Quarry stopped in 3 rounds in Atlanta with 37-4-4. Next, in December, he stopped Oscar Bonavena, 46-6-1, in Madison Square Garden, before he signed the world champion at Madison Square Garden in March 1971 against Frazier. Ali was put down in the last round and lost the decision against Frazier.
Ali would win his next 10 fights before losing against Ken Norton (29: 1) by shared decision and broke his jaw in the second round. He won the remaining over Norton and two fights later defeated the then world champion Frazier, 30-1, in January 1974 for his NABF title by decision in Madison Square Garden.
In Ali Next fight, he struck the 1968 Olympic gold medalist and then the 40: 0 world champion ‘Big’ George Foreman, who defeated the frank for the title. Ali held for Foreman in Zaire, Africa, in eight rounds and won the title for the second time.
After three titles, Ali, 48-2, Frazier met the Philippines for the third time, ‘The Thrilla in Manila’, while after 14 laps he was far ahead when Frazier, 32-2, could not continue.
Frazier would be stopped again by Foreman and ended with Floyd ‘Jumbo’ Cummings (15: 1) with a 32-4-1 and 27-stop record.
Ali won his next six fights, including another victory against Norton in February 1978, who had lost to the former Olympic gold medalist from 1976 Leon ‘Neon’ Spinks, 6-0-1, by shared decision in Las Vegas, NV. Ali won the reserves and won a record world championship title for the third time. He then announced his retirement just to return to the ring and lose against Larry Holmes (35: 0) after ten laps in October 1980 at a displace. Then he lost his last fight against future world champion Trevor Berbick, 19-2-1-1, in Nassau in December 1981.
Ali’s daughter Laila ‘she is Chage Ali, 9-0, Frazier’s daughter Jacqui would defeat with several decisions with 7-0 in June 2001. She landed 13: 1 and won several small titles. Ali ended with a 24-0 record before he retired. In 2002 she won the title Wiba Super Middleweight and in 2005 the WBC title before retirement.
Last updated on March 17th, 2025