Birth of Joseph William Frazier
Birth of Joseph William Frazier
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Joseph William Frazier Biography and Timeline
Follow Joseph William Frazier through 6 dated historical records for United States of America.
Joseph William Frazier, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
6Distinct records
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1944–1976Years on this page
1944
1964
Olympic Gold Medal
Winner of the heavy weight boxing Olympic gold medal
1968
World Champion
Frazier defeats Manuel Ramos of Mexico in 2 rounds to defend his title
World Champion
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 Champion
Retains the title twice beating Terry Daniels & Ron Stander
1976
Retirement
Frazier retires after defeat to Foreman
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.