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Smokin' Joe Frazier feted with statue, mural in Philly
FEASTERVILLE, Pa. - Smokin’ Joe Frazier stood fearsome in bronze, his frozen left hook on the brink of connecting with Muhammad Ali, much as the power punch did 50 years ago in the Fight of the Century.Linked forever by a trilogy of bouts, it’s the first meeting — won by Frazier when he slugged his way to the heavyweight title on March 8, 1971 by becoming the first boxer to defeat Ali — that defined Frazier’s career and helped his legacy live on in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia nearly 10 years after his death."It’s the still biggest event that has ever happened in the history of sports," Joe Frazier Jr.