Former heavyweight champion "Smokin'" Joe Frazier passed away Monday night, losing his bout with the liver cancer that had put him under hospice care.
The 67-year-old Frazier was diagnosed last month with the disease. His manager said the boxer had been in out and out of the hospital since early October and has been receiving hospice treatment the last week.
Frazier finished his boxing career with 32 wins (27 by knockout), four losses, and one draw. Frazier won the heavyweight belt in 1970 by stopping Jimmy Ellis in the fifth round of their fight at Madison Square Garden, but his most infamous bouts came against the great Muhammad Ali, including his victory in the "The Fight of the Century" and his loss in "The Thrilla in Minila."
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