Comparing Muhammad Ali with Joe Frazier

Let’s take a look at the two former Olympic gold medalists and worldwide heavyweight champions 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 end up moving to New York before settling in northern Philadelphia, Pa. Ali would eventually move to 70º and Overbrook in Philadelphia, then Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

His amateur records have given numerous statistics. Usually, the Ali fans race record took place in 69-6 with 22 stops. Frazier usually appears in 38-2 with 37 stops.

Ali went to the 1960 Rome Olympic Games in Italy. It has been said that he lost in the heavyweight tests against Percy Price, but could never be verified. In the Olympic Games, he won the gold medal of semi -weed, winning the three fighting. I would sign with a group of investors called Louisville Group Sponsorship.

Frazier had 2-1 in the Olympic tests that lost to Buster Mathis, who broke his right middle finger, so Frazier was the alternative in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. He scored three knockouts, breaking his left thumb stopping the Soviet boxer in his third fight. Then he defeated the German by decision to win the gold medal. He would sign with a group of investors called Cloverlay, Inc. when he became a professional.

In March 1968 Frazier 19-0, he arrested Mathis, 23-0, in 11 rounds for the title Vacant Nysac World in Madison Square Garden, NY.

While Frazier was winning the Olympic Games in 1964, Ali, 19-0, won the heavyweight title in February of that year, stopping Sonny Liston, 35-1, after six rounds at the Convention Center in Miami, fl.

In February 1970, Frazier won the world title stopping Jimmy Ellis after 4 rounds at Madison Square Garden. Ellis had separated from Ali (then Cassius Clay) in the fans who lost to him in the professionals.

Ali had 9 defenses for the title before revoking his license in June 1967 due to rejecting induction to the army. He could go to court and not to prison, but he could not renew his boxing license in any state.

Since August 1967, when he knocked out Zora Folley, 74-7-4, at Madison Square Garden until October 1970, he was inactive, making a living making commitments in universities in all the United States.

The state of Georgia reinstated the Ali license in September 1970, when he returned to the ring the following month, stopping Jerry Quarry, 37-4-4, in 3 rounds in Atlanta. Then, in December, he arrested Oscar Bonavena, 46-6-1, at Madison Square Garden before signing to fight Frazier, 26-0, the world champion at Madison Square Garden in March 1971. Ali was shot down in the final round, losing Frazier’s decision.

Ali would win his next 10 fights before losing to Ken Norton, 29-1, by divided decision, with the jaw that broke supposedly in the second round. He won the revenge for Norton and two fights later defeated the then former World Champion Frazier, 30-1, in January 1974 for his NABF title by decision in Madison Square Garden.

In Ali’s next fight, he knocked out the 1968 Olympic gold medalist and then the world champion ‘Big’ George Foreman, 40-0, who had defeated Frazier for the title. Ali arrested the foreman in Zaire, Africa, in eight rounds, winning the title for the second time.

After three stops in the title, Ali, 48-2, found Frazier for the third time in the Philippines, ‘La Thrilla in Manila’ while he was very forward after 14 rounds when Frazier, 32-2, could not continue.

Frazier would be detained again by Foreman and draw with Floyd ‘Jumbo’ Cummings, 15-1, who finished his career in December 1981 with a record of 32-4-1 and 27 stops.

Ali would win his next six fights, including another victory over Norton in February 1978, losing to former 1976 Olympic gold medalist Leon ‘Neon’ Spinks, 6-0-1, by decision divided into Las Vegas, NV. Ali won the revenge, winning a world record for the third time. He announced his retirement after that, only to return to the ring, losing to Larry Holmes, 35-0, for detention for the only time in his career, after ten rounds in October 1980. Then, in December 1981, he lost his last fight against the future world champion Trevor Berbick, 19-2-1, in Nassau.

Ali’s daughter, Laila ‘She will be Stingin’ Ali, 9-0, would defeat Frazier’s daughter, Jacqui, 7-0, in June 2001 by majority decision. She ended in 13-1, winning several minor titles. Ali ended with a 24-0 record before retiring. She won the Super Median Wiba title in 2002 and the CMB title in 2005 before retiring.