Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier is in a fight for his life, battling the final stages of liver cancer, according to published reports.
Leslie Wolff, Frazier’s manager, told CNN that the 67-year-old is in a Philadelphia hospice in the final stages of liver cancer that was discovered “four or five weeks ago.”
Promoter Don King, who matched Frazier against Muhammad Ali in “The Thrilla in Manila” in the Philippines on Oct. 1, 1975, learned of Frazier’s grave condition on Saturday morning and planned on honoring him before a cruiserweight title match between Guillermo Jones and Mike Marrone in Hollywood, Fla., that he was promoting on Saturday night.
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