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Joe Frazier - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Joe Fraser - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actor.
January 12, 1944, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA - November 7, 2011, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - American professional boxer, competing in the heavy weight category. Olympic champion in 1964. World champion in the heavy weight category (WBC version, 1970-1973; WBA version, 1970-1973). Recognized as one of the greatest boxers of all time by many respected sports publications (alongside Muhammad Ali).
Fraser is also one of the prototypes of the Rocky Balboa character from the Rocky film series. It is believed that the peculiar style and technique of fighting that Joe Fraser used was later used by David Tua and Mike Tyson.
