Joseph William Frazier Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Joseph William Frazier, based on 6 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

6 records1944–19764 events3 places

Chronological biography

1944

Birth of Joseph William Frazier12 January 1944

Sport / Boxing · Beaufort

Birth of Joseph William Frazier

1964

Olympic Gold Medal1964

Sport / Boxing · Tokyo

Winner of the heavy weight boxing Olympic gold medal

1968

World Champion1968

Sport / Boxing

Frazier defeats Manuel Ramos of Mexico in 2 rounds to defend his title

World Champion1968

Sport / Boxing · New York

Becomes World heavy weight champion, defeats Busther Mathis. Ali had to leave his world heavyweight title vacant due to legal repercussions from his refusal to serve in the Vietnam War, and the New York commission decided to hold a title fight between Frazier and Buster Mathis

1972

World Champion1972

Sport / Boxing

Retains the title twice beating Terry Daniels & Ron Stander

1976

Retirement1976

Sport / Boxing

Frazier retires after defeat to Foreman

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.