Comparing Muhammad Ali with Joe Frazier

Let’s look at two former Olympic Gold Medals and the World Weight Champions Champions of Muhammad ‘of the greatest’ Ali and ‘Smokin’ by Joe Frazier.

Both were born in the south. But in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942 and Frazier in Beaufort, southern Carolina on January 12, 1944.

Frazier would move to New York before being placed in northern Philadelphia, well. But he would eventually move to 70. And Overbrook to Philadelphia, then Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Their amateur records are given with numerous statistics. Usually, Ali’s amateur career record received at 69-6 with 22 stops. The phrasiers are usually listed at 38-2 with 37 stops.

But he went to the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 in Italy. He was said to have lost in heavy trials to Percy Price, but that could never be checked. In the Olympic Games, he won a lightweight heavyweight medal in the heavyweight category, winning all three duels. He would sign with a group of investors called Louisville Sponzoring Group.

Frazier was 2-1 in Olympic trials, losing to Buster Mathis who broke his right middle finger, so Frazier went as an alternative at the 1964 Olympic Games in Japan. He scored three knockouts, breaking his left thumb, stopping the Soviet boxer in his third duel. Then she beat the German by a decision to win a gold medal. He would sign with a group of investors called Cloverlay, Inc., when he turned.

In March 1968, Frazier 19-0 stopped Mathis, 23-0, in 11 rounds for the empty NYSAC world title in Madison Square Garden, NY.

While Frazier won the 1964 Olympics, but, 19-0, he won a heavyweight category in February that year, stopping Sonny Liston, 35-1, after six rounds at the Miami Congress Center, FL.

In February 1970, Frazier won the world title by stopping Jimmy Ellis after 4 rounds in Madison Square Garden. Ellis shared with Ali (then Cassius Clay) in amateurs who lost him in professionals.

But he had 9 defenses against the title before his permit was rejected in June 1967 for the rejection of induction into the military. He managed to go to court rather than in prison, but failed to renew his boxer license in any country.

Since August 1967, when he knocked out Zora Folley, 74-7-4, in Madison Square Garden until October 1970, he has earned a living for a living by working speech engagement in colleges throughout the United States.

Georgia’s state re-set up Ali’s license in September 1970, when he returned to the ring next month, stopping Jerry Quarry, 37-4-4, in 3 rounds in Atlanta. Then, in December, he stopped Oscar Bonaven, 46-6-1, in Madison Square Garden before signing to fight Frazier, 26-0, then World Champion in Madison Square Garden in March 1971. But he was demolished in the last round, losing the decision to the Frazier.

But he would win in the next 10 fights before he lost his decision to Ken Norton, 29-1, with a divided decision, a demolished jaw in the second round. He won a rematch through Norton, and two fights later in January 1974, defeated the then former Frazier World Champion, 30-1, because of the NABF title by a decision in Madison Square Garden.

In the next fight Ali, he knocked out a 1968 Golden Olympic Medal and then the World Champion of ‘Big’ George Foreman, 40-0, who defeated Frazier for the title. But in eight rounds he stopped Foreman in Zaire, Africa, winning the title for the second time.

After three stopping titles, but, 48-2, for the third time he met with Philippine Filipin, “Thrill in Manila”, while he was forward after 14 rounds when Frazier, 32-2, could not continue.

Frazier would stop Foreman again and draw with Floyd ‘Jumbo’ Cummings, 15-1, ending his career in December 1981 with a stop 32-4-1 and 27 stop record.

But he would continue to win in his next six struggles, including another victory over Norton in February 1978, losing to the former 1976-1976 Golden Olympic Medal ‘NEON’ Spinks, 6-0-1, a divided decision in Las Vegas, NV. But he won a rematch, for the third time, winning a record world title. After that he announced his retirement, only to return to the ring, losing to Larry Holmes, 35-0, Stoppage the only time in his career, after ten rounds in October 1980. Then, in December 1981, in Nassau he lost the final part of the future world champion Trevor Berbick, 19-2-1, in Nassau.

Ali’s daughter Lail ‘She will be Stingin’ but 9-0, she would defeat Frazier’s daughter Jacqui, 7-0, in June 2001. She ended up at 13-1, winning several smaller titles. But it ended with a record of 24-0 before retirement. She won the Wiba Super Middleweight Title 2002 and WBC title 2005 before retirement.