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Comparing Mohammed Ali with Joe Fraser


Let's take a look at the two former gold medalists and world heavyweight champions Mohammed, the “most great” Ali and “Smokin” Joe Fraser.

Both were born south. Ali in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942 and Fraser in Beopher, South Carolina on January 12, 1944.

Fraser will move to New York before settling in Northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ali would eventually move to the 70th and overbook to Philadelphia, then Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Their amateur records are given with numerous statistics. Usually, Ali's career record was given at 69-6 with 22 stops. Fraser is usually listed in 38-2 with 37 stops.

Ali went to the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 in Italy. He has been said to have lost heavyweight in Persi Price, but can never be checked. At the Olympics, he won the gold medal in the heavyweight, winning all three matches. He will sign with a group of investors called a sponsoring group in Louisville.

Fraser was 2-1 in the Olympic trials, losing to Buster Matisse, who broke his right middle finger, so that Fraser moved as a deputy at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He scored three knockouts, breaking his left thumb, stopping the Soviet boxer in his third match. He then defeated the German with the decision to win the gold medal. He will sign with a group of investors called Cloverlay, Inc. when he became a professional.

In March 1968, the Frazier 19-0 stopped Matisse, 23-0, in 11 rounds for the free NYSAC world title in Madison Square Garden, New York.

While Fraser won the 1964 Olympics, Ali, 19-0, won the heavyweight title in February of the same year, stopping Sony Liston, 35-1, after six rounds at the Miami Congress Center, Florida.

In February 1970, Fraser won the world title, stopping Jimmy Ellis after 4 rounds in Madison Square Garden. Alice split with Ali (then Cassius Clay) into the amateurs who lose him in the professionals.

Ali had 9 defense of the title before canceling his license in June 1967 due to the refusal of the introduction into the military. He managed to go to court and not be prison, but failed to renew his boxing license in any country.

Since August 1967, when he knocked out Zora Foley, 74-7-4, in Madison Square Garden until October 1970, he inactive earned life, making commitments in colleges in countries.

Georgia's state was again installed Ali's license in September 1970, when he returned to the ring of next month, stopping Jerry Careers, 37-4-4, in 3 rounds in Atlanta. After that, in December, he stopped Oscar Bonava, 46-6-1, in Madison Square Garden, before signing to fight with Fraser, 26-0, then Madison Square Garden champion in March 1971 was demolished in the last round, Gubweut.

Ali would win his next 10 matches before losing to Ken Norton, 29-1, through a split decision, his jaw broke in the second round. He won the rematch over Norton and later two matches defeated the then World Champion Fraser, 30-1, in January 1974 because of his NABF title with a decision in Madison Square Garden.

In Ali's next match, he knocked out the gold medalist of the Olympic Olympic in 1968 and then the world champion “Big” George Forman, 40-0, who beat Fraser for the title. Ali stopped Forman in Zaire, Africa, in eight rounds, winning the title for the second time.

After three stops of the title, Ali, 48-2, met with Fraser for the third time in the Philippines, “The Trilant in Manila”, while much ahead after 14 rounds, when Fraser, 32-2, failed to continue.

Fraser will again be stopped by Forman and will draw with Floyd Jumbo Cummings, 15-1, completing his career in December 1981 with a record of 32-4-1 and 27.

Ali would win his next six matches, including another victory over Norton in February 1978, a loss to the former gold medalist from the Olympic gold medalist in 1976. Leon “Neon” Spink, 6-0-1, through a separate decision in Las Vegas, NV. Ali won the rematch by winning a record world title for the third time. He announced his retirement afterwards, just to return to the ring, losing to Larry Holmes, 35-0, by stopping for the only time in his career, after ten rounds in October 1980. Then, in December 1981, he lost his last match for the future world champion Trever Berbik, 19-2-1, in Nassa.

Ali Laila's daughter “She's Sting” Ali, 9-0, will beat Fraser Jacques' daughter, 7-0, in June 2001 by a majority. She found herself at 13-1, winning several minor titles. Ali ended with a record of 24-0 before retiring. She won the Wiba Super title with a medium -category in 2002 and the WBC title in 2005 before retiring.

Last updated on 17.03.2025

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