Joe Frazier gravely ill – liver cancer

It has been confirmed that former heavyweight boxing champion and icon Joe Frazier, (pictured), is in serious condition after being diagnosed with liver cancer.

Frazier, who earned boxing immortality after three epic fights with Muhammad Ali, is in hospice care.

Frazier is eternally linked with Ali thanks to their trilogy of fights in the 1970s which rank among the most famous ever in the sport. Frazier won the first and Ali took the next two.

Frazier won the world heavyweight title in 1970, knocking out champion Jimmy Ellis, after Ali had been stripped of the championship in 1967 for refusing to fight in the Vietnam War due to his Muslim beliefs.

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